McGregor, Angus Harris
Angus Harris McGregor (January 16, 1901 - September 24, 1977) was an American engineer, cartographer, and inventor. Born in Melrose, Florida, McGregor lived his most of his adult life in Miami, Florida. He began issuing hurricane maps of the southeastern United States and the Caribbean in 1931 and issued new editions annually, using dashed and dotted lines to track the paths of the storms. He sold the maps to undertakers, insurance companies, roofing companies, and other related businesses for distribution. In 1939, after a New England hurricane, companies in New England requested copies of his map, and that year he expanded the map's coverage area to include from Canada to northern South America. McGregor also created the official Miami-Dade County precinct map published in 1934. McGregor published editions of his hurricane map through at least 1964. On October 28, 1940, McGregor was injured in a railroad accident when a switch engine struck his car at N.W. Seventh Avenue and 73rd Street in Miami. He suffered head, leg, chest, and internal injuries and sued the Florida East Coast Railway claiming permanent disability. A jury awarded him $22,500 in June 1942. On his World War II draft card, completed in February 1942, he included under 'obvious physical characteristics', 'left eye artificial, scar right forehead, right leg partially paralyzed'.
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