About John Thomson
Lived 1777 – 1840 (aged 62–63). John Thomson was a British geographer, cartographer, editor, publisher and bookseller.
John Thomson (c. 1777 – ) was a Scottish cartographer from Edinburgh, celebrated for his 1817 New General Atlas, published by himself in Edinburgh, John Cumming in Dublin, and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy in London.
The title page described it as
Publications The Cabinet Atlas The Classical and Historical Atlas The New General Atlas, 1817 The Edinburgh School Classical Atlas, 1831 Atlas of Scotland, 1832
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Who was John Thomson?
Scottish cartographer
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John Thomson was born in 1777 in Edinburgh.
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John Thomson died in 1840.
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John Thomson was a geographer, cartographer, editor, publisher and bookseller.
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John Thomson was British.
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· DBpedia: John Thomson (cartographer)
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