Edward Whymper
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Born January 1, 1840
Died January 1, 1911 (71 years old)
London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Also known as: Whymper, Edward
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The apprenticeship of a mountaineer
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Edward Whymper, son of Josiah Wood Whymper (1813-1903) and Elizabeth Claridge (1819-1859), was born in 1840 in London, England. He married Edith Lewin (1883-1914). They had one daughter. In 1865 he was in the first party that successfully climbed to the top of the Matterhorn in Switzerland.
Supplementary appendix to travels amongst the great Andes of the equator
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Scrambles amongst the Alps
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The most famous mountaineering book ever written! Contains a vivid account of the 1st ascent of the Matterhorn a and that accident that happened on the way down.
Scrambles Among the Alps in the Years 1860-69
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English artist Edward Whymper describes his many mountain climbing expeditions in the Alps including his successful scaling of the Matterhorn in 1865.