Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)
Henry Winstanley (31 March 1644 – 27 November 1703) was an English painter, engineer and merchant, who constructed the first Eddystone lighthouse after losing two of his ships on the Eddystone rocks. He died while working on the project during the Great Storm of 1703.
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Great Storm of 1703
The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.