Edward Whymper

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explorer human illustrator mountaineer travel writer

Edward Whymper was a 19th-century English mountaineer and illustrator best known for making the first ascent of the Matterhorn and pioneering climbs in the Alps and Andes.

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Label Occurrences
Edward Whymper canonical 21
Refugio Whymper 1
Whymper 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
mountaineer ⓘ
travel writer ⓘ
activeIn 19th century ⓘ
authorOf Scrambles Amongst the Alps ⓘ
Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator ⓘ
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery ⓘ
climbed Aiguille Verte ⓘ
Alps ⓘ
Andes ⓘ
Antisana ⓘ
Barre des Écrins ⓘ
Cayambe ⓘ
Chimborazo ⓘ
Cotopaxi (volcano) ⓘ
surface form: Cotopaxi

Matterhorn ⓘ
Mont Blanc ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1840-04-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1911-09-16 ⓘ
dateOfFirstAscent 1865-07-14 ⓘ
familyName Edward Whymper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Whymper
father Josiah Wood Whymper ⓘ
fieldOfWork alpinism ⓘ
topographical illustration ⓘ
fullName Edward Whymper self-link ⓘ
genre mountaineering literature ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
madeFirstAscentOf Matterhorn ⓘ
memberOf Alpine Club ⓘ
notableFor first ascent of the Matterhorn ⓘ
pioneering climbs in the Alps ⓘ
pioneering climbs in the Andes ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
engraver ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
mountaineer ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chamonix ⓘ
France ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Frederick Whymper ⓘ

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Chimborazo → firstAscentBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Edward Whymper → fullName → Edward Whymper self-link ⓘ
Edward Whymper → familyName → Edward Whymper self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whymper
Carihuairazo → firstAscentBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Whymper summit → namedAfter → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Whymper summit → firstAscentBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Matterhorn → firstAscentBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Aiguille Verte → firstAscensionist → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Alpine Club → hasNotableMember → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Aiguille de Tré la Tête → firstAscentBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Cayambe → firstAscentBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Antisana → firstAscentBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Scrambles Amongst the Alps → author → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Scrambles Amongst the Alps → hasIllustrationsBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator → author → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Chimborazo stratovolcano → firstAscentBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
subject surface form: Chimborazo
Chimborazo summit expeditions → typicalStartingPoint → Edward Whymper ⓘ
this entity surface form: Refugio Whymper
Josiah Wood Whymper → child → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Josiah Wood Whymper → hasRelative → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Barre des Écrins → firstAscentBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Sincholagua → firstAscentBy → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Golden Age of Alpinism → notableParticipant → Edward Whymper ⓘ
Melchior Anderegg → guided → Edward Whymper ⓘ