Edward Whymper
1840 - 1911
City of London, London, England, UK
Actor
Biography
Edward Whymper was a British mountaineer and illustrator, born April 27, 1840 in London and died September 16, 1911 in Chamonix where he is buried. He is best known for being part of the tragic expedition that first conquered the Matterhorn on July 14, 1865, and for the peaks and routes to which his name is attributed. He received training as a dr
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