Thomas Brumby Johnston
{{Short description|Scottish geographer, cartographer, antiquary and pioneer photographer}}
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Thomas Brumby Johnston FRSE FRGS FSA (1814-1897) was a 19th-century Scottish geographer, cartographer,{{Cite web|url=https://atom.lib.strath.ac.uk/t-b-johnston|title=Johnston, Thomas Brumby, 1814-1897, geographer - University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections|website=atom.lib.strath.ac.uk}} antiquary and pioneer photographer. In later life he served as the official Geographer to Queen Victoria.
Life
Johnston was born in Perth on 28 January 1814, the son of Alexander Johnston and his wife Isabel Keith. His older brother was Alexander Keith Johnston and in later life he went into partnership with him in printing atlases.
In 1856 he was a founding member of the Photographic Society of Scotland and served as the society's secretary 1862 to 1865.{{Cite web|url=http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/3/3_pss_members_johnston.htm|title=PSS Members - Thomas Brumby Johnston|website=www.edinphoto.org.uk}} He exhibited at least 14 photographs to the society on a mix of collodion and waxed paper prints. Subject matter ranged from James Hogg’s wife to Kinghorn harbour and Doune Castle.{{Cite web|url=http://peib.dmu.ac.uk/itemphotographer.php?photogNo=209&orderby=coverage&photogName=Johnston%2C+Thomas+Brumby|title=Photographs exhibited by: Johnston, Thomas Brumby|website=peib.dmu.ac.uk}}
In 1867 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Sir David Brewster.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}}
He spent his later life at 9 Claremont Crescent on the eastern fringe of Edinburgh's Second New Town.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1896-7
He died on 2 September 1897.
Family
In 1843 he married Jane Ruddiman. Their daughter was Margaret Isabella Johnston.
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Category:People from Perth, Scotland
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh