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Last Name Whymper

Given Name Frederick

alt. Names F. W. ; Fred. Whymper ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1838 in England

Year died 1911

Place of death

Father's occupation wood engraver Josiah Wood Whymper

Relatives mother Elizabeth née Whitworth Claridge; illustrator siblings: ->Edward Whymper (alpinist, wood engraver); Charles H. and Annette S.

Education

Country of Activity United Kingdom

Worked for father for Joseph Wolf (1820-99 ); Travel and adventure in the territory of Alaska, 1869; A journey from Norton Sound, Bering Sea, to Fort Youkon; Friedrich Steger (1811-74); Émile Jonveaux (1819-1871)

Patronage Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee

Collaborators w. brother ->Edward Whymper on Alpine books

Techniques drawing, watercolour & wood engraving

Sample(s) www.gutenberg.org/files/39341/39341-h/39341-h.html ; http://www.askart.com/AskART/W/frederick_whymper/frederick_whymper.aspx?ID=9934

Archival sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Whymper & www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/w#a39978 w. links to his publ.

Published sources AKL; Joseph Wolf: Life and Habits of wild animals 1873-4; Dictionary of Canadian Biography

other Best known for his watercolor seascapes & survey expedition illustr., esp. of Alaska,

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