John Mathieson
Cartographer, Organization member
1855 – 1945
Who was John Mathieson?
John Mathieson FRSE FRSGS was a Scottish surveyor, cartographer, explorer and Gaelic scholar.
In 1909 Mathieson retired from his post as Division Superintendent of HM Ordnance Survey in order to serve as chief surveyor on the Scottish scientific expedition to Svalbard, led by William Speirs Bruce.
In 1920-21 he led the surveying party on Prins Karls Forland, largely completing Bruce's survey.
On 7 March 1921 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, upon the nomination of John Horne, John Flett, Thomas Jehu, Ben Peach, Robert Campbell and Thomas Cuthbert Day.
In 1927 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society and the Murchison Grant by the Royal Geographical Society.
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- Born
- 1855
Durness - Nationality
- Scotland
- Profession
- Died
- Jun 14, 1945
Edinburgh
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on July 23, 2013
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