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   Bartholomew
   John George
   J. G. B. ;
   
   map maker -> John George Bartholomew (1860-1920)
   1860 in Edinburgh
   1920
   Cintra, Portugal
   map maker -> John Bartholomew (1831-1891)
   grandfather ->John Bartholomew Sen. (1805-1861). founder of a printing house, 1826, taken over by his son John Bartholomew in 1856
   studied at the Royal High School & Edinburgh Univ. (esp. geology w. Prof. James Geikie), at age 17 apprenticed to the family firm; Hon. LLD in 1909
   Scotland, UK
   Royal Atlas & Gazetteer of Australasia (1890) ; Citizen's Atlas of the World (1898) ; Literary & Historical Atlas of Europe (1906) ; World Atlas Everyman's encyclopaedia ; Times Atlas ; Geological Map of Scotland (1892, with Archibald Geikie) ; Botanical Survey of Scotland (1907, with R. Smith, W. G. Smith & Patrick Geddes) ;
   Royal Scottish Geographical Society (co-founder in 1884) ; Univ.of Edinburgh (benefactor) ; appointed geographer & cartographer to King George ;
   publisher John Murray to document the H.M.S. Challenger Expedition of 1873-76 ; publisher of The Times (varioues Atlases) ;
   cartographical copperplate engraving ; map-making ;
   www.johnbartholomew.com/john_george_bartholomew.html ; www.nls.uk/about-us/publications/discover-nls/2009/bartholomew ;
   www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/54359/John-George-Bartholomew ;
   John Bartholomew: The House of Bartholomew-Mapmakers, in: Edinburgh University Journal 1998: 169-73 ;
   Active in Edinburgh, since 1888 head of family's printing press & partnership w. Thomas Nelson: see www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/54357/John-Bartholomew. Improved the standards of British cartography and introduced into the UK the use of contours and systematic color layers.
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