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20th-century cartographers

32 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abbas SahabAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Abbas Sahab
Alexander James KentAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander James Kent (born 24 August 1977) is a British cartographer, geographer and academic, currently serving as Vice President of the International Cartographic Association.
András BereznayAuthor · Maps and atlasesAndrás Bereznay is a Hungarian-British historical cartographer and historian, specialising in the compilation of maps for historical atlases.
Antonín RüklIllustrator · IllustrationAntonín Rükl (22 September 1932 – 12 July 2016) was a Czech astronomer, cartographer, and author.
Arno PetersAuthor · Maps and atlasesArno Peters (22 May 1916 – 2 December 2002) was a German historian who developed the Peters world map, based on the Gall–Peters projection.
Colin McEvedyAuthor · Maps and atlasesColin Peter McEvedy (6 June 1930 – 1 August 2005) was a British polymath scholar, psychiatrist, historian, demographer and non-fiction author.
David RumseyAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — David Rumsey at the 2005 Where 2.0 Conference
Elrey Borge JeppesenAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Jeppesen, before 1923
France PlaninaAuthor · Maps and atlasesFrance Planina (29 September 1901 – 14 January 1992) was a Slovene geographer and cartographer.
Georg NaumannAuthor · Maps and atlasesKurt Georg Naumann (1901–1978) was a German scientist, trapper and pioneer of the early local exploration and use of oil wells and natural gas deposits in the northern catchment area of…
George F. JenksAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorge Frederick Jenks (July 16, 1916 – December 29, 1996) was an American geographer known for his significant contributions to cartography and geographic information systems (GIS).
George KishAuthor · Maps and atlasesProfessor George Kish (November 24, 1914July 11, 1989, born György Kiss) was an internationally recognized authority known for work in geography and the history of cartography.
Harry BeckAuthor · Maps and atlasesHenry Charles Beck (4 June 190218 September 1974) was an English technical draughtsman who created the first diagrammatic Tube map for the London Underground in 1931.
Imre DemhardtAuthor · Maps and atlasesHe was born in Wiesbaden.
J. B. MaloneAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn James Bernard (J.B.) Malone (13 December 1913 – 17 October 1989) was an Irish hill-walking enthusiast who popularised the pastime through his television programmes and books.
James NiehuesAuthor · Maps and atlasesJames Niehues (born c. 1946) is an American landscape artist and cartographer best known for painting ski trail maps for ski resorts.
James Wreford WatsonAuthor · Maps and atlasesProf James Wreford Watson FRSE FRSC IBG LLD (February 8, 1915 – September 18, 1990) was a Scottish Canadian geographer and cartographer, who served as the Chief Geographer of Canada and the…
Krystyna PiotrowskaAuthor · Maps and atlasesKrystyna Piotrowska (5 July 193826 January 2022) was a Polish geologist, cartographer, professor of earth sciences and researcher of the Tatra Mountains.
Laurence Patrick LeeAuthor · Maps and atlasesLaurence Patrick "Laurie" Lee (1913 – 28 January 1985) was a New Zealand mathematician, geodesist, and cartographer who was the Chief Computer for the Department of Lands and Survey and one…
Leonid KolotiloAuthor · Maps and atlasesLeonid Grigorievich Kolotilo (born December 16, 1958, Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian geographer, researcher of Lake Baikal, a full member of Academic Senate Russian Geographical…
Lidiya PonomarenkoAuthor · Maps and atlasesLidiya Antonivna Ponomarenko (Ukrainian: Лідія Антонівна Пономаренко; 16 February 1922 – 3 December 2013) was a Ukrainian local historian.
Marie TharpAuthor · Maps and atlasesMarie Tharp was an American cartographer, oceanographer, geologist and surveyor (1920–2006). She was born in Ypsilanti and died in Nyack.
Mark MonmonierAuthor · Maps and atlasesAmerican Geographical Society's Osborn Maitland Miller Medal (2001)
Matthew H. EdneyAuthor · Maps and atlasesMatthew H. Edney is a British geographer who is both the Osher Professor in the History of Cartography, at the University of Southern Maine;[1] and the Project Director of the History of…
Menno-Jan KraakAuthor · Maps and atlasesMenno-Jan Kraak (born 28 March 1958, Vaassen) is a Dutch cartographer and professor of Geovisual Analytics and Cartography at the Faculty of Geoinformation Sciences and Earth Observation at…
Mikael Bodlore-PenlaezAuthor · Maps and atlasesMikael Bodlore-Penlaez (born 1975) is a Breton author and cartographer. He co-edited, with Divi Kervella, the first bilingual Atlas of Brittany (French / Breton) who has received several…
Nikolas SchillerAuthor · Maps and atlasesNikolas Schiller (born October 10, 1980) is an American blogger and drug policy reform activist who lives in Washington, DC.
Richard Edes HarrisonAuthor · Maps and atlasesRichard Harrison (disambiguation)Richard Harrison
Seymour I. SchwartzAuthor · Maps and atlasesSeymour I. Schwartz (January 22, 1928 – August 28, 2020) was the Distinguished Alumni Professor for the Department of Surgery at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
Veronica RuzickaAuthor · Maps and atlasesVeronica Ruzicka Laing (September 29, 1917 – October 12, 1981) was an American artist, designer, mapmaker, and illustrator.
Waldo R. ToblerAuthor · Maps and atlasesWaldo Rudolph Tobler (November 16, 1930 – February 20, 2018) was an American-Swiss geographer and cartographer.
Wilfrid FloodAuthor · Maps and atlasesHe was born in Dalston, England and studied at the Bolt Court School of Art in London. Flood immigrated to Can

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