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Who was Henry Winstanley and what did he build?

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Henry Winstanley was a country gentleman of Littleberry, in Essex[1]. He chivalrously came forward in the year 1696 and obtained the legal powers to erect a lighthouse on the Eddystone rocks[1].

Winstanley built the first lighthouse on the Eddystone[1]. It was erected over three years and, when completed, resembled 'aChinese pagoda ,with open galleries and fantastic projections'[1].

Space: Lighthouses and Lightships 1870 By W. H. Davenport Adams

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