John Bartholomew
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John Bartholomew Jr (25 December 1831 – 30 March 1893) was a Scottish cartographer.
Life
Bartholomew was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father, John Bartholomew Sr, started the cartographical establishment in Edinburgh, and he was trained in the firm. He was subsequently assistant to the German geographer August Petermann, until 1856 when he took up the management of his father's company.[1] For this establishment, Bartholomew built up a reputation unsurpassed in Great Britain for the production of the finest cartographical work.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
He is best known for the commercial development of colour contouring (or hypsometric tints), the system of representing altitudes on a graduated colour scale, with areas of high altitude in shades of brown and areas of low altitude in shades of green. He first showcased his colour contouring system at the Paris Exhibition of 1878; although it was initially met with skepticism, it went on to become a standard cartographical practice.
Among his numerous publications, particularly worthy of note is the series of maps of Great Britain reduced from the Ordnance Survey to scales of half-inch and quarter-inch to 1 mile, with relief shown by contour lines and hypsometric tints. The half-inch series is among the finest of its kind ever produced.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Upon his retirement in 1888, John Bartholomew was succeeded in the firm by his son John George, who extended the half-inch series, and applied its principles to many other works. For the last six years of his life Bartholomew was living at 32 Royal Terrace in Edinburgh.[2][3]
Bartholomew died in London on 30 March 1893.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He is buried with his parents in Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh, in the northwest section. His wife Annie McGregor (1836–1872), whom he greatly outlived, is also buried there.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
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External links
- Bartholomew: A Scottish Family Heritage - site maintained by the family.
- Times World Atlases official website including a History and Heritage section detailing landmark Times atlases
- 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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- 1831 births
- 1893 deaths
- Scientists from Edinburgh
- Scottish cartographers
- Burials at the Grange Cemetery
- 19th-century Scottish businesspeople
- Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society