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George Everest
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Welsh surveyor and geographer (1790–1866)
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George Everest was a British explorer, geographer, surveyor, and geodesist. Born in 1790, he served in the British Army and was educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. His professional work focused on geography, geodesy, and cartography. He was influenced by William Lambton and resided in Crickhowell. Everest was a member of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society, and his work is recognized in the Royal Society collection.
Everest received several honors, including the title of Knight Bachelor, the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, and fellowships in both the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. He spoke English and is described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. He died in Westminster in 1866. His relative was Mary Everest Boole.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Greenwich
- Place of death
- Westminster
- Occupation
- geodesist
- Educated at
- Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- cartography
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- George Everest - Maull & Polyblank.jpg
- Residence
- Crickhowell
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- member of
- Royal Geographical Society
- date of birth
- 1790-07-04
- date of death
- 1866-12-01
- Commons category
- George Everest
- influenced by
- William Lambton
- name in native language
- George Everest
- relative
- Mary Everest Boole
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir George Everest (/ˈiːvrɪst/, 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.
After a military education, Everest joined the East India Company and arrived in India at the age of 16. He was eventually made an assistant to William Lambton on the Great Trigonometric Survey, and replaced Lambton as superintendent of the survey in 1823. Everest was largely responsible for surveying the meridian arc from the southernmost point of India north to Nepal, a distance of about 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi), a task that took from 1806 to 1841 to complete. He was made Surveyor General of India in 1830, retiring in 1843 and returning to England.
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