George Armstrong (surveyor)
George Armstrong | |
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George Armstrong, Royal Engineer and surveyor | |
| Born | March 6, 1843 Newcastleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
| Died | January 7, 1910 (aged 66) |
| Occupations | Surveyor, cartographer |
| Years active | ca. 1860–1910 |
| Employer(s) | Palestine Exploration Fund; Royal Engineers; Ordnance Survey |
| Known for | PEF Survey of Palestine; editing PEF maps and publications |
| Notable work | Raised map of Palestine; Names and Places in the Old and New Testament and Apocrypha |
George Armstrong (6 March 1843 – 7 January 1910) was a Scottish surveyor who worked with the Palestine Exploration Fund for 38 years. and was part of the PEF Survey of Palestine. Armstrong "played a key role in compiling the PEF's maps and editing the textual publications", and compiled one of the most notable nineteenth-century maps in the history of the cartography of Palestine.