George Everest
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Sir George Everest was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843.
George Everest Maull & Polyblank
Everest's grave, St Andrew's Church, Hove, East Sussex.
Park House from above
Sir George Everest's House and Laboratory, also known as Park House
Mount Everest
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Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at its summit. Its height was most r
George Everest
…and returning to England. In 1865, the Royal Geographical Society renamed Peak XV—at the time only recently identified as the world's highest peak—to Mount Everest in his honour. Andrew Scott Waugh, his protégé and successor as surveyor general, had been responsible for putting his name forward in 1856. Everest's…
View of Mt. Everest from the west
North Face of Everest as seen from the path to North Base Camp
View from the south (Nepal) shows Everest rising behind the ridge connecting Nuptse and Lhotse; in the foreground are Thamserku, Kangtega, and Ama Dablam
The name "Mount Everest" was first proposed in this 1856 speech, later published in 1857, in which the mountain was first confirmed as the world's highest.