Wildman Whitehouse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wildman Whitehouse

British electrical engineer

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1816

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1890

Profession: physician, engineer, surgeon

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Edward Orange Wildman Whitehouse (1 October 1816 – 26 January 1890) 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 Whitehouse sent the first telegraph communications in 16 August 1858 to the United States of America, he was ultimately held responsible for the undersea cable failure after he applied higher voltages in an effort to boost declining signals.