Adair, John (1660–1718), geographer and cartographer, was born on 2 September 1660 in Leith, Scotland. Nothing is known of his parents or his early education. The first firm reference to Adair dates from May 1681, when he was granted a licence by the ...
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Adair, John (1660–1718), geographer and cartographer
Charles W. J. Withers
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Adams, Clement (c. 1519–1587), schoolmaster and map engraver
R. C. D. Baldwin
Adams, Clement (c. 1519–1587), schoolmaster and map engraver, was born at Buckington, Warwickshire. He was educated at Eton between 1530 and 1536, and subsequently at the King's Hall, Cambridge. From 17 August 1536 he was tutored in classics, mathematics, and geometry at Cambridge...
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Arundell, Francis Vyvyan Jago (1780–1846), antiquary and traveller
W. P. Courtney
revised by Christine North
Arundell, Francis Vyvyan Jago (1780–1846), antiquary and traveller, was born at Launceston, Cornwall, in July 1780, the only son of Thomas Jago, a solicitor in that town, and his wife, Catherine, née Bolt, daughter of a surgeon at Launceston. He was educated at ...
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Ashley, Sir Anthony, baronet (1551/2–1628), politician and translator of The Mariners Mirrour
Michael Hicks
Ashley, Sir Anthony, baronet (1551/2–1628), politician and translator of The Mariners Mirrour, was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Ashley of Damerham in Hampshire, a cadet of the long-established Ashleys of Wimborne St Giles (Dorset), and Dorothy, daughter of John Lyte of Lytes Cary (Somerset)...
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Baber, Edward Colborne (1843–1890), orientalist and traveller
Thomas Seccombe
revised by Janette Ryan
Baber, Edward Colborne (1843–1890), orientalist and traveller, was born at Dulwich, Kent, on 30 April 1843, the son of Edward Baber (1815–1901), headmaster of Dulwich College grammar school, and his wife, Mary Hayward Colborne (1818/19–1881). He was a great-nephew of ...
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Bankes, William John (1786–1855), traveller and antiquary
Elizabeth Baigent
Bankes, William John (1786–1855), traveller and antiquary, was born on 11 December 1786, second son of Henry Bankes (1757–1834) of Kingston Lacy, Dorset, politician and author, and his wife, Frances (1760/61–1823), daughter of William Woodley, governor of the Leeward Islands, and the elder brother of ...
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Bankes, William John (1786–1855)
Maker: Sir George Hayter
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William John Bankes (1786–1855) by Sir George Hayter, 1836 Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (The National Trust). Photograph: Photographic Survey, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
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Bartholomew, John George (1860–1920), geographer and cartographer
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Beard, William (1772–1868), tourist guide and collector of bones
A. P. Woolrich
Beard, William (1772–1868), tourist guide and collector of bones, was born on 24 April 1772 at Woolvershill, Banwell, Somerset, the eldest of the eight children of John Beard (1738–1801), a farmer, and his second wife, Ann Poole (1760–1833). He was educated by John Tuckey...
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Beard, William (1772–1868)
Maker: Samuel Griffiths Tovey
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William Beard (1772–1868) by Samuel Griffiths Tovey, c. 1828–9 © Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
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Beke, Charles Tilstone (1800–1874), traveller and geographer
Donald Crummey
Beke, Charles Tilstone (1800–1874), traveller and geographer, was born on 10 October 1800 at Stepney, London, the son of James Beke (1779–1853), architect, and his wife Susannah Hindle (1778–1864). The family had ancestral connections to Bekesbourne in Kent, where ...
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Beke, Charles Tilstone (1800–1874)
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Charles Tilstone Beke (1800–1874) by Maull & Fox © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian (1868–1926)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (1868–1926) by unknown photographer, c. 1900 Getty Images
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Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian (1868–1926), traveller, archaeologist, and diplomatist
Liora Lukitz
Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian (1868–1926), traveller, archaeologist, and diplomatist, was born at Washington Hall, co. Durham, on 14 July 1868, the elder child and only daughter of (Thomas) Hugh Bell (1844–1931), an ironmaster, who succeeded his father as second baronet in 1904, and his first wife, ...
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Bent, (James) Theodore (1852–1897), traveller and antiquary
Elizabeth Baigent
Bent, (James) Theodore (1852–1897), traveller and antiquary, born at Baildon, Yorkshire, on 30 March 1852, was the only child of James Bent of Baildon and Margaret Eleanor, eldest daughter and coheir of James Lambert of Baildon. He was educated at Malvern Wells, then at ...
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Bicknell, Herman (1830–1875), orientalist and traveller
A. S. Bicknell
revised by Elizabeth Baigent
Bicknell, Herman (1830–1875), orientalist and traveller, was born at Herne Hill, Surrey, on 2 April 1830, the third son of Elhanan Bicknell (1788–1861) and his third wife, Lucinda Sarah (1801–1850), who was the sister of Hablot Knight Browne (‘Phiz’). Clarence Bicknell (1842–1918), archaeologist and botanist, was his brother. He was educated at ...
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Brown, James (1709–1788), traveller and scholar
G. V. Benson
revised by S. Searight
Brown, James (1709–1788), traveller and scholar, was born at Kelso, Roxburghshire, on 23 May 1709, the son of James Brown, physician, of Kelso. Nothing is known of his family background but it seems to have involved an early move to London, since he was educated at ...
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Calvert, Albert Frederick (1872?–1946), traveller and author
Richard Hitchcock
Calvert, Albert Frederick (1872
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Campbell, Eila Muriel Joice (1915–1994), university teacher and historian of cartography
Anita McConnell
Campbell, Eila Muriel Joice (1915–1994), university teacher and historian of cartography, was born on 31 December 1915 at Ropley, Hampshire, the eldest child of Walter Howard Claude Campbell (1894–1958), poultry farmer, and his wife, Lillian Muriel, née Locke (1884–1979). After military service Walter Campbell...
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