1804–71,
Scottish cartographer and geographer royal of Scotland. He issued many
notable atlases, maps, and gazetteers, including The National Atlas of
Historical, Commercial, and Political Geography (1843), The
Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena (1848), The Dictionary of
Geography (1850; known as Johnston’s Gazetteer), and The
Royal Atlas of Modern Geography (1861). A son, Alexander Keith
Johnston, 1844–79, carried on the work of the map-publishing house
founded by his father. He assisted (1873–75) in a survey of Paraguay and
died in Africa while leading an expedition of the Royal Geographical
Society to Lake Nyasa. |
