Background

John Bartholomew was born at Edinburgh, Scotland on the 25th of December 1831; th son of John Bartholomew Senior.

Education

John's father had a cartographical establishment in Edinburgh and he was educated in the work.

Career

Bartholomew was subsequently assistant to the German geographer August Petermann, until in 1856 he took up the management of his father's firm.

Among his numerous publications mention may be specially made of the series of maps of Great Britain reduced from the Ordnance Survey to scales of ½ inch and ¾ inch to 1 mile, with relief shown by contours and a systematic scale of colours. The ½ inch series, which was extended (and its principles applied to many other works) by Mr J. G. Bartholomew, who succeeded his father in the business, is the finest of its kind ever produced. John Bartholomew died in London on the 29th of March 1893.

Achievements

• Under Bartholomew's management the company, established by his father, developed into a larger, more prosperous business and acquired its own printing press. For this establishment, now known as the Edinburgh Geographical Institute, Bartholomew built up a reputation unsurpassed in Great Britain for the production of the finest cartographical work.

Works

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  • Bartholomew Mini Atlas World

    (A pocket-sized atlas of the world.)

  • John Bartholomew's Map of Newcastle 1898: Colour Print of Map of Newcastle 1898
  • Map of Blackpool 1898: Colour Print of Map of Blackpool 1898
  • John Bartholomew's Map of York 1898: Colour Print of Map of York 1898
  • John Bartholomew's Map of Warwick 1898: Colour Print of Map of Warwick 1898
  • Map of Scarborough 1898: Photographic Print of Map of Scarborough 1898
  • John Bartholomews Map of Eastbourne 1898: Colour Print of Map of Eastbourne 1898
  • John Bartholomew's Map of Durham 1898: Colour Print of Map of Durham 1898
  • John Bartholomew's Map of Hull 1898: Colour Print of Map of Hull 1898
  • Map of Cambridge 1898: Colour Print of Map of Cambridge 1898

Connections

He was married to Annie MCGregor (1836-1872).

Father:

John Bartholomew Senior

Son:

John George Bartholomew

Wife:

Annie MCGregor