Roy, William
Record IDcnp01392205
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01392205
Gendermale
Biographical Data1726 - 1790
Last Edit2021-11-06
General Note
Cartographe militaire. - Pionnier du Service national de cartographie britannique. - Médaille Copley de la Royal Society en 1785
Franciscain. - Auteur d'une satire religieuse écrite avec Jerome Barlowe vers 1527
More Information
Further Biographical Data04.05.1726-01.07.1790
1726-1790
14..-153.?
Dates of Activityvor 1787
Intellectual ResponsibilityAuteur
Primary Language(s)English
ActivityPersonen zu Geodäsie, Kartografie (19.2p) (sswd)
Personen zu politischer Theorie, Militär (8.4p) (sswd)
Generalmajor (gnd)
Ingenieur (gnd)
Offizier (gnd)
Geodät (gnd)
Geographic NoteGroßbritannien
GB (iso3166)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Place of BirthMiltonhead, GB (1726)
Place of DeathLondres (1790)
Place of Activity
Place of DeathLondres (1790)
Lieu de mort
Names
HeadingRoy, William
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany; British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - AACR2 Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Roy, William
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Roy, William, Major-General
used in: British Library: English Short Title Catalogue - GK Heading, London (United Kingdom)
Roy, William
used in: Common Library Network (GBV), Göttingen (Germany)
Roye, William
used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Variant NameRoy, Guillaume
Roy, William
Sources
Found inObjektkatalog der Sammlungen des Germanischen Nationalmuseums: http://objektkatalog.gnm.de. — Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Roy. — BN Cat. gén.. — DNB. — Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, 2004. — GK55. — DNB=Roy, William, 1726.5.4-1790.7.1, Major-General in Engineers. — NUC. — LCAuth. — The great maps / William Roy, 2007. — Oxford dictionary of national biography: décédé au plus tard en 1531 - http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24235 (2006-09-15). — LCNA - http://authorities.loc.gov (2006-09-14). — Rede me and be nott wrothe / Jerome Barlowe and William Roye ; edited by Douglas H. Parker, 1992
Imprint SourcesAn account of the measurement of a base on Hounslow-Heath, 1785.
T009030: his An account of the measurement of a base on Hounslow-Heath, 1785 tp=By Major-General William Roy