Townsend Mac Coun

Background

Coun, Townsend Mac was born in 1845 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of John T. and Angelica Rachel Douw (Lane) M.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Williams, 1866, Master of Arts, 1869.

Career

1 son, Townsend Dean. Bookseller and publisher, 1869-1893. Since then in literature work.

Originated system of color in map work whereby successive maps contained the same colors for same nationality, and so taught history by color, now universally used in text-books

Introduced this system in Labberton’s Historical Atlas and General History, 1887.

Achievements

• Townsend Mac Coun has been listed as a noteworthy cartographer. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Chi Psi Fraternity. Member American Geography Society, Societe Academique d’Histoire Internationale, Paris.

Connections

Married Annie Dean, of Quebec, Canada, 1899.

Father:

John T. M.

Mother:

Angelica Rachel Douw (Lane) M.

Spouse:

Annie Dean