Bert Edward Young Collection, 1913.

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Bert Edward Young Collection, 1913.

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A reprint of an article originally delivered as a paper before the Round Table of Nashville and published in Popular science monthly (June 1913), entitled: Edward Whymper: Alpinist of the heroic age.

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Vanderbilt University Library, Jean and Alexander Heard Library

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Vanderbilt University Library, Jean and Alexander Heard Library

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Young, Bert Edward, 1875-1949

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Bert Edward Young was a professor at Vanderbilt University. From the description of Bert Edward Young Collection, 1913. (Vanderbilt University Library). WorldCat record id: 53980797 ...

Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911

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Edward Whymper was born on 27 April 1840 in London. The son of the artist, Josiah Wood Whymper, he entered his father's business in Lambeth as a wood-engraver at an early age. In 1860, he was commissioned to make a series of sketches of Alpine scenery, and undertook an extensive journey in the Central and Western Alps. The following year, Whymper completed the ascent of Mont Pelvoux, later reaching the summit of a neighbouring peak, subsequently named the Pointe des Ecrins (which at...