The apprenticeship of a mountaineer
Subtitle: Edward Whymper's London diary, 1855-1859
By: edited by Ian Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Ian.; London Record Society.
Series: Publications -- v. 43; Publications (London Record Society) -- v. 43.
Publisher: London Record Society
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780900952432
Subjects: Whymper, Edward, -- 1840-1911 -- Diaries; Whymper, Edward, -- 1840-1911 -- Childhood and youth; Mountaineers -- England -- London -- Diaries; London (England) -- Description and travel
Genres: Diaries
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223) and index.