Adams family (per. 1734–1817), makers of scientific instruments and globes, came to prominence through George Adams senior (bap. 1709, d. 1772), who was baptized on 17 April 1709 in the parish of St Bride's, Fleet Street, London, the eldest surviving son of ...
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Adams family (per. 1734–1817), makers of scientific instruments and globes
John R. Millburn
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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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Adams, William (1564–1620), navigator
Derek Massarella
Adams, William (1564–1620), navigator, was born in Gillingham, Kent, the son of John Adams. His mother and the precise date of his birth are unknown, but he was baptized on 24 September 1564 at St Mary Magdalen, Gillingham. He had at least one brother, ...
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Aldersey, Laurence (1546–1597/8), sea captain
R. C. D. Baldwin
Aldersey, Laurence (1546–1597/8), sea captain, was born at Aldersey Hall, Spurstow, Cheshire, the son of Thomas Aldersey (d. 1557), sheriff of Chester in 1539 and mayor in 1549, and his wife, Cecilia Garnet (fl. 1513–1594), also of Chester. As the sixth in a family of at least eight children, in the mid-1560s he looked to ...
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Anderson, Joseph (1790–1877), army officer and colonist
H. M. Chichester
revised by A. G. L. Shaw
Anderson, Joseph (1790–1877), army officer and colonist, was born on 1 July 1790 at Keoldale, Sutherland, Scotland, the son of James Anderson of Rispond and his wife, Fairly Gordon. In 1805 he was appointed an ensign in the 78th highlanders, with which he served in ...
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Arrowsmith, Aaron, the elder (1750–1823)
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Aaron Arrowsmith the elder (1750–1823) by T. A. Dean, pubd 1825 (after Henry William Pickersgill) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Arrowsmith, Aaron, the elder (1750–1823), cartographer and map publisher
Elizabeth Baigent
Arrowsmith, Aaron, the elder (1750–1823), cartographer and map publisher, was born on 14 July 1750 at Winston, co. Durham, the son of John and Mary Arrowsmith. His father died when Aaron was young and his mother then married a wastrel who reduced the family fortune. ...
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Arrowsmith, John (1790–1873), cartographer and map publisher
Elizabeth Baigent
Arrowsmith, John (1790–1873), cartographer and map publisher, was born on 23 April 1790 on a farm in Winston, co. Durham, the son of Thomas Arrowsmith of an old-established family. With limited education, he arrived in London on 14 February 1810 where he learnt map making, engraving, and printing under his uncle ...
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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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Baines, (John) Thomas (1820–1875), artist and explorer
Elizabeth Baigent
Baines, (John) Thomas (1820–1875), artist and explorer, was born on 27 November 1820 at King's Lynn, Norfolk, the second son and one of three surviving children of Mary Ann Watson and John Thomas Baines, a master mariner. His father and maternal grandfather were amateur artists, his brother ...
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Baines, (John) Thomas (1820–1875)
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Baker, Florence Barbara Maria, Lady Baker (1841–1916)
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Baker [née von Sass], Florence Barbara Maria, Lady Baker (1841–1916), traveller in Africa
Dorothy Middleton
Baker [née von Sass], Florence Barbara Maria, Lady Baker (1841–1916), traveller in Africa, was born on 6 August 1841, probably in a German-speaking region of Hungary. She was the sole survivor of an attack on her home in which the rest of her family died during the disturbances of 1848. Nothing more is known of her antecedents or early life. She is next recorded in January 1859 in the Turkish town of ...
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Baker, Robert (fl. c. 1563), mariner and poet
P. E. H. Hair
Baker, Robert (fl. c. 1563), mariner and poet, is known only through his one published writing. Possibly a relative of the Bakers of Sissinghurst who had connections with the London overseas trading community, Robert Baker composed a poem about two English voyages to ...
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Baker, Sir Samuel White (1821–1893), traveller and explorer in Africa
Thomas Paul Ofcansky
Baker, Sir Samuel White (1821–1893), traveller and explorer in Africa, was born on 8 June 1821 in London, the second of the eight children of Samuel Baker (d. 1862) of Lypiatt Park, Gloucestershire, and his first wife, Mary, daughter of Thomas Dobson...
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Baker, Sir Samuel White (1821–1893)
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Sir Samuel White Baker (1821–1893) by Maull & Co., 1860s © National Portrait Gallery, London
