Robert Barlow
Robert Barlow (18 February 1813 – 16 February 1883) was a cartographer and topographical draftsman from England who spent most of his career there with the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. Barlow and his family came to Canada in 1855 as a recruit of William Edmond Logan for the Geological Survey of Canada. He became the chief draughtsman and contributed greatly to the survey with the production of topographical maps.
Robert Barlow
- Born
- 1813
- Died
- 1883
- Occupation
- cartographer
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Robert Barlow (18 February 1813 – 16 February 1883) was a cartographer and topographical draftsman from England who spent most of his career there with the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. Barlow and his family came to Canada in 1855 as a recruit of William Edmond Logan for the Geological Survey of Canada. He became the chief draughtsman and contributed greatly to the survey with the production of topographical maps.
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Much of his work was published although he was not always given proper credit at the time. He was a top rate topographical draughtsman and made a large contribution to Canada in that field.
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1813
Robert Barlow was born in 1813.
1883
Robert Barlow died in 1883.
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Robert Barlow is recorded as cartographer. Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the forms Fox, R. B. and Fox, Robert B.
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