John Bartholomew
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John Bartholomew (December 25, 1831 - March 29, 1893) was a Scottish cartographer, born in Edinburgh.
His father had a cartographical establishment in Edinburgh and he was educated in the work. He was subsequently assistant to the German geographer August Petermann, until in 1856 he took up the management of his fathers firm. For this establishment, now known as the Edinburgh Geographical Institute, Bartholomew built up a reputation unsurpassed in Great Britain for the production of the finest cartographical work.
Among his numerous publications mention may be specially made of the series of maps of Great Britain reduced from the Ordnance Survey to scales of 3/4 in. and 3/4 in. to 1 mile, with relief shown by contour lines and a systematic scale of hypsometric tints. The 1/2 in. series was extended (and its principles applied to many other works) by Mr. John George Bartholomew, who succeeded his father in the business; it is among the finest of its kind ever produced.
John Bartholomew died in London.
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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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- See an 1856 map by John Bartholomew Texas, part of New Mexico &c. / drawn & engraved by J. Bartholomew. hosted by the Portal to Texas History
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