William Roy

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William Roy was an 18th-century Scottish military engineer and surveyor whose pioneering mapping work laid the foundations for Britain’s Ordnance Survey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
military engineer ⓘ
person ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
birthDate 1726-05-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Carluke ⓘ
Lanarkshire ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul’s, Covent Garden ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
commissionedBy Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1790-07-01 ⓘ
deathPlace England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
designed baseline measurement on Hounslow Heath ⓘ
electedTo Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ
electionToRoyalSocietyYear 1767 ⓘ
employer Board of Ordnance ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
fieldOfWork cartography ⓘ
geodesy ⓘ
surveying ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
honouredBy Royal Society of Edinburgh (posthumous recognition) ⓘ
influenced creation of the Ordnance Survey ⓘ
initiated Anglo-French survey to link Greenwich and Paris observatories ⓘ
knownFor Anglo-French geodetic survey ⓘ
Military Survey of Scotland ⓘ
foundational work for the Ordnance Survey ⓘ
pioneering large-scale mapping of Great Britain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy considered the father of the Ordnance Survey ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
militaryRank Major-General ⓘ
name William Roy ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
notableProjectLocation England ⓘ
Hounslow Heath ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
occupation cartographer ⓘ
military engineer ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
participatedIn Jacobite rising of 1745 campaigns (as surveyor) ⓘ
produced Military Survey of Scotland 1747–1755 ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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