Daniel Alfred Sanborn (April 5, 1827 in
Somerville, Massachusetts
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April 11, 1883 in
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) was a surveyor who founded the
Sanborn Map Company, a well-known provider of fire insurance maps.
Before starting his company he produced insurance maps for Boston and several cities in Tennessee for the
Aetna Insurance Company. He was originally hired by Aetna because they were impressed by his work on a Boston Atlas.
In 1867 he formed the D.A. Sanborn National Insurance Diagram Bureau in
New York City
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References
External links
Sanborn Map CompanySanborn Fire Insurance Mapsa
University of Utah Digital LibraryMarriott Library Special Collections
1827 births
1883 deaths
People from Somerville, Massachusetts
19th-century American businesspeople
American company founders
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