Who built the most famous lighthouse in the world, what is its name, where is it, and where is the man who built it buried?

Fosse4

Here in the UK, I suppose the most famous lighthouse would be the Eddystone but there have been 5 of these, all built by different people. Mar 11 03, 10:18 PM

Kainantu

The engineer John Smeaton designed and built the Eddystone lighthouse between the years 1756-1759 http://www.danielsd.demon.co.uk/petrhead.htm John Smeaton died at Austhorpe on the 28th of October 1792, and was buried in the old parish church of Whitkirk. http://94.1911encyclopedia.org/S/SM/SMEATON_JOHN.htm Mar 12 03, 7:28 AM

Kainantu

The first lighthouse to be erected was that at Kinnaird Head, a light from which was exhibited for the first time on 1 December 1787. If this is what you want, then go here: http://www.clydeport.co.uk/cms/cmsfiles/uploadeddocuments/webnorthernlighthouse.doc Mar 12 03, 9:35 AM

Fosse4

The guy who built the first and second Eddystone was Henry Winstanley and he was lost at sea when the worst storm ever recorded swept away the second tower in 1703. The full story can be found here: http://www.eddystoneeel.com/LIGHTHOUSE%20HISTORY.htm Mar 12 03, 7:41 PM

BG07	The most famous lighthouse in the world, now destroyed, was the Pharos at Alexandria, formerly on Egypt's Mediterranean coast and designed by Sostrateus of Knidos. Mar 25 07, 5:01 PM