Wildman Whitehouse
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title:
Wildman Whitehouse
text:
Edward Orange Wildman Whitehouse was an English surgeon by profession and an electrical experimenter by avocation. He was recruited by entrepreneur Cyrus West Field as Chief Electrician to work on the pioneering endeavour to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable for the Atlantic Telegraph Company between western Ireland to eastern Newfoundland. This pioneering project of the Victorian era began in 1854 and was completed in 1858; however the cable functioned for only three weeks. While Whit
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English surgeon and electrical engineer (1816–1890)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildman_Whitehouse
date created:
2005-07-24T13:42:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T02:46:35Z
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