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George Perry (c.1718–1771): industrialist, cartographer and naturalist (2022)

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George Perry (c.1718–1771) is known for his involvement in the development of the iron and engineering industries of Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire and Liverpool, and also for his ambition to publish a history together with new maps of Liverpool. In 1758, Perry’s best known work, A description of Coalbrookdale in the County of Salop, with two perspective views thereof was published. The aforementioned views, produced in collaboration with Thomas Smith of Derby (1720–1767), are two of the earliest examples of industrial landscapes. Perry also pursued interests in geology and natural history. He maintained a correspondence and exchanged specimens of fossils with, among others, Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717–1791), Thomas Pennant (1726–1798) and Gustavus Brander (c.1719–1787). His work on the history of Liverpool was absorbed into An essay towards the history of Leverpool drawn up from papers left by the late Mr. George Perry, and from other materials since collected by William Enfield (1773). His son, George Perry (1771–1823), was the author of Conchology, or the natural history of shells (1811). We record Perry’s busy life and career and attempt to give due weight to his several different interests.

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Authors & Contributors
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Shannon, William D.
Vane-Wright, Richard I.
Jeremy J. D. Greenwood
James Parry
Gray, Todd
Concepts
Natural history
Biographies
Cartography
Architecture
Maps; atlases
Scientific illustration
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Enlightenment
17th century
20th century, early
Places
England
Catalonia (Spain)
Italy
France
China
Great Britain
Institutions
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
British Ornithologists' Union (BOU)
Royal Society of London
Linnean Society of London
Chelsea Physic Garden
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