Henry Winstanley

(1644-1703)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Winstanley, Henry, 1644-1703 DNB: Winstanley, Henry (bap. 1644, d. 1703), engineer and engraver LBT ID: HeWinst1703 VIAF ID: 69988901 LOC ID: no92026987	B/BAP: 1644-03-31 DIED: 1703-11-26
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English engineer who perished when the lighthouse he constructed on Eddystone Rock was swept away in the famous storm of November 26-27 1703.
REFERENCES TO Henry Winstanley: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter V. Found 1: ¶ 19