Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith, the name of an English family to which geographical science is largely indebted. Aaron Arrowsmith was born in Durham in 1750. He came to London, and worked as an engraver. His chart of the world on Mercator's projection attracted notice, and was followed by other able productions, especially a general atlas published in 1817. He died in 1823. His most distinguished successor was a nephew, John Arrowsmith, who was born in 1790, and joined his uncle in 1810. The London Atlas was his work, and he helped to found the Royal Geographical Society. He died in 1873.