Scottish military engineer, surveyor and antiquarian (1726–1790)
For other people named William Roy, see William Roy (disambiguation).
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William Roy
Born
4 May 1726
Carluke, Scotland
Died
1 July 1790(1790-07-01) (aged 64)
London, England
Known for
The survey of Scotland. The survey linking Britain and France.
Awards
Copley Medal (1785)
Scientific career
Fields
Surveying
Major-General William RoyFRS FSA FRSE (4 May 1726 – 1 July 1790) was a Scottish military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian. He was an innovator who applied new scientific discoveries and newly emerging technologies to the accurate geodetic mapping of Great Britain. His masterpiece is usually referred to as Roy's Map of Scotland.[1][2]
It was Roy's advocacy and leadership that led to the creation of the Ordnance Survey in 1791, the year after his death. His technical work in the establishment of a surveying baseline won him the Copley Medal in 1785. His maps and drawings of Roman archaeological sites in Scotland were the first accurate and systematic study of the subject, and have not been improved upon even today. Roy was a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[3]
^Roy Military Survey of Scotland, 1747-55 (Highlands), Explore georeferenced maps (National Library of Scotland)
^Roy Military Survey of Scotland, 1747-55 (Lowlands), Explore georeferenced maps (National Library of Scotland)
^Gardiner, R. A. (1977). "William Roy, Surveyor and Antiquary". The Geographical Journal. 143 (3): 439–450. doi:10.2307/634712. ISSN 0016-7398. JSTOR 634712.
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