John Ogilby
![Portrait from a 1660 edition of [[Homer]]'s ''[[Iliad]]''](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/OgilbyPortrait2.jpg)
Ogilby established Ireland's first theatre in Werburgh Street, Dublin, and following the Restoration, that country's first Theatre Royal. Ogilby played a significant part in arrangements for the coronation of King Charles II. Following the Great Fire of 1666, Ogilby's large-scale map of the City of London was founded on precise survey work, and his ''Britannia'' is the first road atlas of England and Wales to be based on surveys and measurements, and drawn to scale. Provided by Wikipedia