About John Norman
Lived 1748 – 1817 (aged 68–69). John Norman was an engraver, printer, publisher, map maker and cartographer.
John Norman (1748–1817) was an engraver and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the later 18th and early 19th century. "Born in England; came to Philadelphia in 1774 'from London,' as an 'architect and landscape engraver;' though he also did all manner of silversmith's work. He went to Boston about 1780." He died in 1817 and was buried in Copp's Hill Burying Ground.
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Who was John Norman?
British-born American engraver and publisher
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John Norman was born in 1748 in England.
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John Norman died in 1817.
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John Norman was an engraver, printer, publisher, map maker and cartographer.
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