Light on the Forelands
Lighthouses of Cornwall and Devon
Lighthouse Keepers
Industrial Lighthouses
Light on the Forelands
Ken Trethewey
Above: Ken standing in front of one of the lighthouses - Skerries - at which Henry T Knott, one of his ancestors, served as a keeper from 1874 to 1876.
Ken is a retired marine engineer specialising in corrosion and materials engineering. He obtained his PhD at Leicester University in 1976 and became a chartered chemist. However, thanks to a career in the Royal Navy, Ken was able to cross over into the world of engineering where he became a chartered engineer also. He currently works as a pharologist. Based in Cornwall UK, he has written books about corrosion engineering, lighthouses and jazz. When he is not pursuing pharology, he operates his own publishin
His 2020 book is Lighthouses of Cornwall and Devon - A Narrative
Light on the Forelands
Lighthouses of Cornwall and Devon
Lighthouse Keepers
Industrial Lighthouses
Light on the Forelands
Ken Trethewey