William Bald (1788-1857)

surveyor, pioneering cartographer, civil engineer, and designer of the Antrim Coast Road

Died aged c. 69

William Bald FRSE MRIA FGS MWS (c. 1789 – March 1857) was a Scottish surveyor, cartographer and civil engineer. Bald was the cousin of Robert Bald, surveyor and mining engineer.
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Burntisland, United Kingdom

William Bald 1788-1857 born in Burntisland near here. Pioneering cartographer, surveyor and civil engineer in Scotland and Ireland. Designed and built the Antrim Coast Road one of the world's great scenic routes.

High Street, Burntisland, United Kingdom where they was born near (1788)