John Christopher Bartholomew

John Christopher Bartholomew (or J.C. Bartholomew) (15 January 1923 – 16 January 2008) was a Scottish-Belgian cartographer and geographer.

Life Bartholomew was born on 15 January 1923 in Edinburgh to Ian Bartholomew, a Scottish cartographer and geographer, and Marie Antoinette Bartholomew , a Belgian. A member of the Bartholomew family of geographers and map publishers, Bartholomew was the paternal grandson of John George Bartholomew, a cartographer and geographer, the great-grandson of the cartographer John Bartholomew Jr and the great-great-grandson of John Bartholomew Sr, a cartographer, engraver and founder of John Bartholomew and Son.

Bartholomew served as president of the British Cartographic Society in 1970–71. He was also a vice-president of the International Cartographic Association, 1972–80, and from 1987 to 1993, he was president of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He was active on the committee of the Scottish Rights of Way Society (now ScotWays), and was appointed its honorary president.

His lasting legacies include view indicators on the summits of both North Berwick Law and the Braid Hills.

Personal life

Bartholomew was married to Ginette Bartholomew , with whom he had five children.

On 16 January 2008, Bartholomew died in Edinburgh aged 85.

He is buried against the north wall of the 20th-century extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh at the memorial to his grandfather, John George Bartholomew. His father Ian, and uncle Hugh lie with him, as does his wife Ginette.