| LC control no. | n 80035865 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Jefferys, Thomas, -1771 |
| Variant(s) | Gefferys, Thomas, -1771 Jefferys, Mr. (Thomas), -1771 Jefferys, T. (Thomas), -1771 Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771 Jeffreys, Thomas, -1771 Jeffreys, T. (Thomas), -1771 Jeffreys, T., active 1753-1765 Jefferies, T. (Thomas), -1771 |
| Biography/History note | Thomas Jefferys (approximately 1719-1771) was a prominent London geographer and publisher who was appointed Geographer to George III in 1760 and produced some of the most important eighteenth-century maps of the Americas. |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Located | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1719~ |
| Death date | 1771-11-20 |
| Profession or occupation | Publishers and publishing Engravers Cartographers Geographers |
| Found in | Heap, G. An east prospect of the City of Philadelphia, 1982 (a.e.) map recto (Engrav'd & publish'd by T. Jefferys near Charing Cross) His The County of Bedford, 1765, 1984?: map recto (Thomas Jefferys, geographer to His Majesty; Thos. Jefferys) A New and complete dictionary of arts and sciences, 1763-1764: v. 1; t.p. (Mr. Jefferys, geographer to His Majesty) The map trade in the late eighteenth century, 2000: t.p. (Jefferys) cover flap (Thomas Jefferys (c. 1720-1771)) Carte générale des découvertes de l'Admiral de Fonte, ca. 1776: title (Thomas Jeffreys Geographe du Roi à Londres 1768) Tooley, R.V. Dict. of mapmakers, 1979 (Jefferys or Gefferys, Thomas, ca. 1710-1771; engraver, geographer, and publisher; Red Lyon Street near St. John's Gate 1732-1750; 1750 moved to St. Martins Lane 5 Charing Cross w/ shop 487 Strand; important map publisher; appointed Royal geographer in 1748; d. 1771) Oxford dictionary of national biography, 22 April 2013 (Jefferys, Thomas; born c. 1719; died 20 November 1771; engraver, cartographer, and publisher; produced some of the most important eighteenth-century maps of the Americas; appointed Geographer to George III in December 1760) History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, with countries adjacent, 1764: t.p. (printed ... for T. Jeffreys) Dictionary of the printers and booksellers who were at work in England Scotland and Ireland from 1726-1775, 1932: p. 139 (Jeffreys, T.; bookseller and publisher, corner of St. Martin's Lane, 1753-65) Smith, William. An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year MDCCLXIV, 1766: title page (T. Jefferies) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no 99039121 nr2006003479 no2010120228 |
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