Edward Killwick Calver R.N.

Born 1813, died 1892

Mr Edward Killwick Calver¹Edward Killwick Calver I.C.E. Virtual Library  www.icevirtuallibrary.com perhaps had a humbler birth but had served on the East Coast survey with Washington. From 1847 he was responsible for the North of England and Scotland Survey. In due course he progressed to Captain and continued surveying in H.M.S. Blazer, then H.M.S Speedwell and finally H.M.S. Porcupine²H.M.S. Porcupine’s voyages were the precursor to the Challenger expedition, she ended her highly productive life on the Thames as a base for the River Police and was eventually replaced by the Police Wharf..

He would have done a lot of the work on the Deben survey for Captain Stanley, and later took responsibility for the East Coast Survey. He was the author of “The conservation and improvement of tidal rivers”, and was well regarded by the Hydrographer, Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort. He was born in Southwold and, for a time, lived at Wrabness. After retirement in 1872 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. The most interesting part of his career was spent elsewhere in Porcupine and is well described in the Wikipedia article ³See Edward Killwick Calver – Wikipedia.

Surveyor of 1845 Deben Survey under Captain Owen Stanley.

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  Edward Killwick Calver I.C.E. Virtual Library  www.icevirtuallibrary.com
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  H.M.S. Porcupine’s voyages were the precursor to the Challenger expedition, she ended her highly productive life on the Thames as a base for the River Police and was eventually replaced by the Police Wharf.
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  See Edward Killwick Calver – Wikipedia