John Christopher Bartholomew (or J.C. Bartholomew) (15 January 1923 – 16 January 2008) was a

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and

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Life

Bartholomew was the son of cartographer

John (Ian) Bartholomew John Bartholomew, generally known as Ian Bartholomew (12 February 1890 – 9 February 1962) was a Scottish cartographer and geographer. Life John was the son of John George Bartholomew and Janet Macdonald. He was educated at Merchiston Castl ...

(1890–1962) and Marie Antoinette Sarolea, niece of

Charles Saroléa Charles Louis-Camille Saroléa (24 October 1870 in Tongeren – 11 March 1953 in Edinburgh) was a Belgian philology, philologist and author. Life Saroléa was born in Tongeren on 24 October 1870 the son of Dr Jean Pierre Saroléa MD. He was educ ...

. He was the great-great-grandson of the founder of John Bartholomew and Son Ltd. He studied at

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and

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before taking a degree in geography at the

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. He took over cartographic directorship of the family business from his father in 1951. Later, two of his brothers joined the company: Peter Bartholomew (1924-1987) as chairman and Robert Bartholomew (1927-2017) as production director. The company's most memorable production during their control was the ''Times Atlas'' (initially in five volumes but then more widely available in a single 'Comprehensive' and in a 'Concise' version). Bartholomew served as president of the

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in 1970–71. He was also a vice-president of the

International Cartographic Association The International Cartographic Association (ICA) (, ''ACI'') is an organization formed of national member organizations, to provide a forum for issues and techniques in cartography and geographic information science (GIScience). ICA was founde ...

, 1972–80, and from 1987 to 1993, he was president of the

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. He was active on the committee of the Scottish Rights of Way Society (now ScotWays), and was appointed its honorary president. His lasting legacies include view indicators on the summits of both

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and the

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. He is buried against the north wall of the 20th-century extension to

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in western

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at the memorial to his grandfather,

John George Bartholomew John George Bartholomew (22 March 1860 – 14 April 1920) was a British cartographer and geographer. As a holder of a royal warrant, he used the title "Cartographer to the King"; for this reason he was sometimes known by the epithet "the Pri ...

. His father Ian, and uncle Hugh lie with him, as does his wife Ginette.

Family

He married Ginette Achard-James. They had five sons: John Eric, Philip, Christopher, Patrick and Ivon.

References

External links

Bartholomew: A Scottish Family Heritage
- site maintained by the family.
Biography of J.C. Bartholomew at Collins BartholomewTimes World Atlases official website
including
History and Heritage section
detailing landmark Times atlases 20th-century Scottish businesspeople Scottish cartographers Scottish geographers Businesspeople from Edinburgh People educated at Edinburgh Academy People educated at Gordonstoun Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 1923 births 2008 deaths Presidents of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society 20th-century British geographers 20th-century British cartographers Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society {{Geographer-stub

Life

Family

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