Phyllis Pearsall

Phyllis Pearsall MBE
Born
Phyllis Isobella Gross

(1906-09-25)25 September 1906
[Court Lane Gardens, Dulwich Village ], London, England
Died28 August 1996(1996-08-28) (aged 89)
Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England
Occupation(s)Artist, writer and publisher
Known forGeographers' A-Z Map Company
Spouse(s)Richard Pearsall
(m. 1927–1935)
Cover of the London A–Z street atlas, produced by Phyllis Pearsall

Phyllis Isobella Pearsall MBE (25 September 1906 – 28 August 1996) was a British painter and writer who founded the Geographers' A-Z Map Company, for which she is regarded as one of the most successful business people of the twentieth century.[1] She has erroneously been credited with creating London's first popular indexed street map.

  1. ^ Harper, Tom. "Maps and women". British Library Maps and Views blog. Retrieved 24 March 2020.