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George Everest

1790 - 1866

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Sir George Everest, (, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Everest is the 14th most popular geographer (up from 15th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 489th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Geographer.

George Everest was a British surveyor who is most famous for being the first to measure the height of Mount Everest.

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Among geographers, George Everest ranks 14 out of 86. Before him are Abraham Ortelius, Martin Waldseemüller, Carl Ritter, David Harvey, Ferdinand von Richthofen, and Wladimir Köppen. After him are Ya'qubi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Ibn Khordadbeh, Pomponius Mela, Paul Vidal de La Blache, and Ibn Jubayr.

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Among people born in 1790, George Everest ranks 7. Before him are Jean-François Champollion, Leopold I of Belgium, August Ferdinand Möbius, Alphonse de Lamartine, John Tyler, and Sunjo of Joseon. After him are Jules Dumont d'Urville, John Frederic Daniell, William Parry, Nicolas Chauvin, Gideon Mantell, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden. Among people deceased in 1866, George Everest ranks 3. Before him are Bernhard Riemann, and Miguel I of Portugal. After him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Hermann Goldschmidt, Tokugawa Iemochi, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, William Whewell, Chief Seattle, and Friedrich Rückert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Everest ranks 563 out of 8,785. Before him are Mordred (null), Harold Pinter (1930), Charlie Watts (1941), Harold Wilson (1916), Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), and Adrian Smith (1957). After him are Sid Vicious (1957), Bobby Moore (1941), John Cleese (1939), John Hicks (1904), Eadweard Muybridge (1830), and John Bowlby (1907).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United Kingdom

Among geographers born in United Kingdom, George Everest ranks 2. Before him are David Harvey (1935). After him are James Lovelock (1919), Doreen Massey (1944), John Walter Gregory (1864), Aaron Arrowsmith (1750), John Speed (1551), Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880), and Alexander Keith Johnston (1804).

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