Surname: Ogilby Forename(s): John b. 17 November 1600. d. 4 September 1676. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Translator, poet, theatre impresario, publisher, geographer. Born near Dundee. Publications
include Britannia (1675). Translator of Virgil, Homer, and Aesop. Appointed the king’s cosmographer
in 1671. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)