Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Adair (c. 1655–1722) was a Scottish surveyor and cartographer, noted for the excellence of his maps.He first came to public notice in 1683, with a prospectus published in Edinburgh for a "Scottish Atlas" stating that the Privy Council of Scotland had engaged Adair, a "mathematician and skilfull mechanic", to survey the shires of Scotland. He surveyed the coast of Scotland from 1686, and was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1688.. }
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- John_Adair_(surveyor) comment "John Adair (c. 1655–1722) was a Scottish surveyor and cartographer, noted for the excellence of his maps.He first came to public notice in 1683, with a prospectus published in Edinburgh for a "Scottish Atlas" stating that the Privy Council of Scotland had engaged Adair, a "mathematician and skilfull mechanic", to survey the shires of Scotland. He surveyed the coast of Scotland from 1686, and was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1688.".