Joseph Whidbey

(1755-1833)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Whidbey, Joseph DNB: Whidbey, Joseph (1754/5-1833), hydrographer and marine engineer LBT ID: JoWhidb1833 VIAF ID: 53242187 LOC ID: n88130767	B/BAP: 1755 DIED: 1833-10-09
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Naval engineer; after service as a captain and surveyor he constructed the breakwater at Plymouth (1812-14).
REFERENCES TO Joseph Whidbey: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 11