| Authorised form of name | Whidbey; Joseph (1755 - 1833) |
| Dates | 1755 - 1833 |
| Activity | Career:
Sailing Master, Royal Navy; sailed round the world with Vancouver; Master Attendant of H M Dockyard, Woolwich; later was at Plymouth; associated with John Rennie in the enquiry on Plymouth harbour (1805); Resident Engineer to the Plymouth break water (1811)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/11/1805 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1832-1833 No 14 pp 229-230
Notes:
Appears in PL for 1832 but not after. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/8199100 |
| Code | NA2833 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/12/52/1 | Paper, 'Account of the sinking of the Dutch frigate Ambusciade and her revoery at the Nore' by Joseph Whidbey | 1803 |
| EC/1805/08 | Whidbey, Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| PT/16/10 | Paper, 'A description of the fossil bones found by Mr Whidbey in the caverns of Oreston, referred to in the foregoing paper' by William Clift | [1823] |
| PT/73/10/14 | Painting, fossilised hyena jaw by [William Clift] | [1822] |
| PT/15/12 | Paper, 'A farther account of fossil bones discovered in caverns inclosed in the lime-stone rocks at Plymouth' by Joseph Whidbey in a letter to Sir Everard Home | 11 November 1820 |
| PT/73/10/12 | Painting, fossilised metacarpal bones of a bos by [William Clift] | [1822] |
| PT/73/10/16 | Painting, fossilised hyena jaw by [William Clift] | [1822] |
| PT/73/10/11 | Painting, fossilised horn core of a bos by [William Clift] | [1822] |
| PT/73/10/13 | Painting, fossilised horse foot by [William Clift] | [1822] |
| PT/73/10/9 | Painting, fossilised metatarsal bone of a bos by [William Clift] | [1822] |
| PT/73/10/15 | Painting, fossilised hyena skull by [William Clift] | [1822] |
| PT/73/10/17 | Painting, fossilised wolf jaw by [William Clift] | [1822] |
| L&P/12/52 | Paper, 'Account of the sinking of the Dutch frigate Ambusciade and her revoery at the Nore' by Joseph Whidbey | 1803 |
| PT/16/9 | Paper, 'On some fossil bones discovered in caverns in the limestone quarries of Oreston' by Joseph Whidbey in a letter to John Barrow | [1823] |
| PT/73/10/8 | Painting, rock face at Oreston by [William Clift] | [1822] |
| PT/73/10/10 | Paintings, fossilised wolf jawbone by [William Clift] | [1822] |
| PT/73/10/7 | Painting, 'A longitudinal section of the caverns lately discovered in the breakwater quarries at Oreston' by W C [William Clift] | 12 August 1822 |