James Gall
Scottish clergyman and cartographer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the English field hockey player, see James Gall (field hockey).
James Gall (27 September 1808 – 7 February 1895) was a Scottish clergyman who founded the Carrubbers Close Mission.[1] He was also a cartographer, publisher, sculptor, astronomer and author. In cartography he gives his name to three different map projections: Gall stereographic; Gall isographic; and Gall orthographic (Gall–Peters projection).[2]