Hercules Linton
British antiquarian
Died when: 63 years 134 days (760 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Hercules Linton (1 January 1837 – 15 May 1900) was a Scottish surveyor, designer, shipbuilder, antiquarian and local councillor, best known as the designer of the Cutty Sark and partner in the yard of Scott and Linton, which built her.
He was born in Inverbervie, the Mearns, Scotland.In 1855 on his nineteenth birthday, Hercules Linton was apprenticed to Alexander Hall and Sons, who were the leading shipbuilders in Aberdeen and whose schooner Scottish Maid (1839) with its sharp bow and entry helped coin the term Aberdeen Bow.
Linton progressed through his apprenticeship and eventually rose to a senior position at Alexander Hall and Sons.Eventually he left Alexander Hall and Sons to become a Lloyd's Register Surveyor based at the Lloyds offices in Liverpool.
He subsequently moved to the Liverpool Underwriters Registry where from early in 1862 he was assisting John Jordan, the Chief Surveyor.
It is thought that he left the Liverpool Underwriters Association in May 1864 but still associated on a freelance basis.
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