What is David H. Burr?
[[File:Rensselaer County 1829 Restored.jpg|thumbnail|Map of [[Rensselaer County, New York]], United States in 1829, by David H. Burr]] '''David H. Burr''' (born 1803-died 1875<ref name=geographicus/>) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Cartographer|map maker]] and worked for the [[Surveyor General]] of the [[United States]].<ref name=WDL1>{{cite web|title=Map of the United States of North America with Parts of the Adjacent Countries|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/9591/|publisher=[[World Digital Library]]|access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref> He was also [[Surveyor General]] of [[Utah]]. He stopped being a lawyer and became a [[surveyor]]. He worked for the state of New York. He made an [[atlas]] in 1829.<ref name=geographicus/> He was born in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]. He lived in [[New York City|New York]] in 1822. He became a [[lawyer]]. He then joined the [[militia]] for New York.<ref name=geographicus>{{cite web|title=David H. Burr|url=http://www.geographicus.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CAD&Product_Code=burr|publisher=Geographicus|access-date=23 May 2013|archive-date=13 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113162805/http://www.geographicus.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CAD&Product_Code=burr|url-status=dead}}</ref> He would make many more, including atlases of [[America]].<ref name=WDL1/> He became the official geographer of the [[House of Representatives]] in the United States.<ref name=WDL1/> He moved to [[Utah]] and became their surveyor general. He stopped doing surveying and became a full-time map maker in 1857.<ref name=geographicus/> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons|David H. Burr}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Burr, David H}} [[Category:1803 births]] [[Category:1875 deaths]] [[Category:American geographers]] [[Category:People from Bridgeport, Connecticut]] {{us-bio-stub}}