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Sir George Everest, CB, FRS, FRAS, FRGS (/ ˈ iː v r ɪ s t /, EEV-rist; 4 July 1790 – 1 December 1866) was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843.
May 31, 2018 · George Everest was a land surveyor and a distinguished Welshman, not a mountaineer, or even an avid climber. So how did the world's highest and most infamous mountain come to bear his name? Moral of the story?
Dec 1, 2016 · The highest mountain in the world is named after Sir George Everest, who was the first surveyor general of India. He was a Welshman who was born on this day, July 4, in 1790, in Crickhowell, United Kingdom.
Sir George Everest (born July 4, 1790, Gwernvale, Brecknockshire, Wales—died Dec. 1, 1866, London, Eng.) was a British geodesist who completed the trigonometric survey of India, on which depended the accurate mapping of the subcontinent.
Jul 4, 2017 · Everest was the Surveyor General of India from 1830 through 1843, providing the accurate mapping of the subcontinent. For more than twenty-five years and despite numerous hardships, he surveyed the longest arc of the meridian ever accomplished at the time.
Unbeknownst to most people, Sir George Everest probably never even saw Mount Everest, much less climb it. What’s more, he wasn’t even comfortable with the idea of the mountain being named after him. He did, however, have a number of achievements that deserve recognition, especially today – on his 227th birth anniversary !
May 23, 2018 · Everest, Mount (Nepalese Sagarmatha; Tibetan Chomo-Langma, Mother Goddess of the World) World's highest mountain, in the central Himalayas on the borders of Tibet and Nepal. It is named after George Everest, first surveyor general of India. It was first climbed on May 29, 1953, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Height: 8850m (29,035ft).
The highest mountain in the world is named for a surveyor, Colonel Sir George Everest. It is a fitting tribute to the man who, for more than twenty-five years and despite numerous hardships, prevailed in surveying the longest are-of-the-meridian ever accomplished at the time.
It was 1841 when an obscure peak in the Himalayas was recognized as the tallest mountain in the world by a British survey team led by Sir George Everest, and whom Mount Everest was named after in 1865. Today, climbers from across the world attempt to scale it’s mighty face.
Nov 30, 2016 · The British initially referred to the 29,035-foot-tall pinnacle as Peak XV until Andrew Waugh, the surveyor general of India, proposed that it be named for his predecessor, Sir George Everest.
