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Johnston, Alexander Keith
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Cartographer, born at Kirkhill, Midlothian; was an engraver by trade, and devoted himself with singular success to the preparation of atlases; the "National Atlas" was published in 1843, and the "Royal Atlas of Geography" was the finest till then produced; he also executed atlases physical, geological, and astronomical, and constructed the first physical globe; honours were showered upon him by home and foreign geographical societies; he died at Ben Rhydding (1804-1871).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Johnston, Alexander Keith'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/j/johnston-alexander-keith.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Johnston, Alexander Keith'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/j/johnston-alexander-keith.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
