page_title: Daniel Augustus Beaufort
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Daniel Augustus Beaufort / Life
caption_attribution_description: Zoom into this map at maps.bpl.org. Author: Beaufort, Daniel Augustus Publisher: Faden, William Date: 1797 Location: Ireland Dimension: 109x89cm Scale: [ca 1:490,000] Call Number: G5780 1797 .B43
context_page_description: Daniel Augustus Beaufort LL.D., was an Anglican priest and geographer, born in England to French Huguenot parents. He was rector of Navan, County Meath, Ireland, from 1765 to 1818, and a talented amateur architect also remembered for his 1792 map of Ireland.
context_section_description: Beaufort took a prominent part in the foundation of Sunday schools, and in the preparation of elementary educational works.
  He helped found the Royal Irish Academy. His most important work was his map of Ireland, published in 1792. He accompanied it by a memoir of the civil and ecclesiastical state of the country. All the places marked on the map are systematically indexed in the memoir and assigned to their respective parishes, baronies, etc. In the preface, the author stated his map was prepared from original observations to remedy the defects of existing maps of Ireland. Competent authorities pronounced it and the memoir to be valuable contributions to geography. The publication of this work was encouraged by the Marquis of Buckingham, lord-lieutenant of Ireland.
  As well as being the architect of Collon Church, he is also responsible for the design for a new church at Ardbraccan, County Meath.
caption: Beaufort's 1797 civil and ecclesiastical map of Ireland
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