Edward Lyon Berthon 1813 - 1899
- occupation:
- Church of England clergyman, Collapsible life boat, Inventor / patentee: ‘Berthon's log'
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1828 - sent to Liverpool to study surgery under James Dawson.
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1833 - continued his medical studies at the College of Surgeons in Dublin.
1834 - ended his medical studies.
1841 - took holy orders.
1849 - patented (#12,901) his ‘nautachometer’, commonly called ‘Berthon's log’, used to measure the speed of a vessel over water.
1850 - became Vicar of Fareham. Following the sinking of the SS Orion, he started his design for a collapsible life boat.
1851 - entered a model of his collapsible life boat at the Great Exhibition.
1853 - published The Fareham Life Boat.
1854 - had an audience with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
1860 - accepted the living at Romsey.
1862 - spoke at the Romsey Exhibition.
1864 - travelled to the Mediterranean for health reasons.
1873 - returned to the design of collapsible boats resulting in Admiralty orders of more than £15,000.
1876 - presented a paper to the Royal United Services Institution regarding the collapsible life boat.
1877 - started the Berthon Boat Company devoted to building the Berthon Boat.
1892 - retired from the church.
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