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Cartographers from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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

Aaron ArrowsmithAuthor · Maps and atlasesAaron Arrowsmith (1750–1823) was an English cartographer, engraver, publisher and founding member of the Arrowsmith family of geographers.
Alexander Keith JohnstonAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD (died 9 July 1871) was a Scottish geographer and cartographer.
Archibald GeikieAuthor · Maps and atlasesSir Archibald Geikie (28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer.
Charles William WilsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Francis AustenAuthor · Maps and atlasesAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Francis William Austen, (23 April 1774 – 10 August 1865) was a Royal Navy officer and an elder brother of the novelist Jane Austen.
Francis BeaufortAuthor · Maps and atlasesFrancis Beaufort (disambiguation)
Frederick CatherwoodArtist · PaintingsFrederick Catherwood (27 February 1799 – 27 September 1854) was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya…
Henry JamesAuthor · Maps and atlasesDirector of the Topographical and Statistical Department of the War Office, 1857–70
Henry Mangles DenhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesAdmiral Sir Henry Mangles Denham FRS (28 August 1800 – 3 July 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.
Herbert FordhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesSir Herbert George Fordham (9 May 1854 – 1929), was a British writer on cartography whose Carto-Bibliography method of cataloging maps was widely adopted.
James RennellAuthor · Maps and atlasesMajor James Rennell (3 December 1742 – 29 March 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography.
Jean-Baptiste Lislet GeoffroyAuthor · Maps and atlasesJean-Baptiste Lislet Geoffroy (born Jean-Baptiste Lislet; also known as Jean-Baptiste Lislet-Geoffroy; 23 August 1755 – 8 February 1836) was a French astronomer, botanist and cartographer.
John BarrowAuthor · BooksSir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (19 June 1764 – 23 November 1848) was an English geographer, linguist, writer and civil servant.
John Clements WickhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn Clements Wickham (21 November 17986 January 1864) was a Scottish explorer, naval officer, magistrate and administrator.
John HunterAuthor · Maps and atlasesVice-Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800.
John PinkertonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — John Pinkerton
John WhiteAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohn White (c. 1606) was an English colonial governor, explorer, artist, and cartographer.
MacDonald GillAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gill with his wife Muriel, c.
Phillip Parker KingAuthor · Maps and atlasesPhillip Parker King (13 December 1791 – 26 February 1856) was an early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts.
Richard CollinsonAuthor · Maps and atlasesRichard Collinson was born in 1811. Collinson died in 1883.
Robert Hyde ColebrookeAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Copy of a miniature that was painted between 1790 and 1795 showing Colebrooke in a scarlet uniform with dark blue collar.
Samuel Herbert MawEngraver · PrintsSamuel Herbert Maw (September 12, 1881 – August 19, 1952) was a British-Canadian architect, delineator and cartographer.
Thomas Frederick ColbyAuthor · Maps and atlasesThomas Frederick Colby (1 September 17849 October 1852) was a British Army major-general and director of the Ordnance Survey (OS).
Thomas HurdAuthor · Maps and atlasesThomas Hannaford Hurd (bapt. 30 January 1747 – 29 April 1823) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of captain.
William Henry SmythAuthor · Maps and atlasesAdmiral William Henry Smyth (21 January 1788 – 8 September 1865) was an English Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist.
William MudgeAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilliam Mudge (1762–1820) was an English artillery officer and surveyor, born in Plymouth, an important figure in the work of the Ordnance Survey.
William W. StewartAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilliam W. Stewart (c. 1776 – 10 September 1851) was a Scottish sealer and whaler after whom New Zealand's Stewart Island is named.
William YollandAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — William Yolland, the Royal Society commemorative portrait

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