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George Mallory

1886 - 1924

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George Herbert Leigh-Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions from the early to mid-1920s. He and climbing partner Andrew "Sandy" Irvine were purportedly last seen ascending near Everest's summit during the 1924 expedition, sparking debate as to whether they reached it before they died. Born in Cheshire, England, Mallory became a student at Winchester College, where a teacher recruited him for an excursion in the Alps, and he developed a strong natural climbing ability. After graduating from Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he became friends with prominent intellectuals, he taught at Charterhouse School while honing his climbing skills in the Alps and the English Lake District. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Mallory is the 8th most popular mountaineer (down from 5th in 2019), the 788th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 377th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Mountaineer.

George Mallory is most famous for being the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, George Mallory ranks 8 out of 56. Before him are Tenzing Norgay, Reinhold Messner, Heinrich Harrer, Andrew Irvine, Junko Tabei, and Horace Bénédict de Saussure. After him are Wanda Rutkiewicz, Jerzy Kukuczka, Jacques Balmat, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Edward Whymper, and Hermann Buhl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, George Mallory ranks 36. Before him are Gerda Wegener, Hugo Ball, Michael Curtiz, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Kurt Koffka, and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. After him are Aron Nimzowitsch, Marcel Dupré, Henri Coandă, Dong Biwu, Paul Tillich, and G. I. Taylor. Among people deceased in 1924, George Mallory ranks 21. Before him are Frances Hodgson Burnett, Andrew Irvine, Robert Nivelle, Princess Louise of Belgium, Ferruccio Busoni, and Ferdinand Cheval. After him are Léon Bakst, Eleonora Duse, Alexander Parvus, Giacomo Matteotti, Karl Denke, and Teófilo Braga.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Mallory ranks 788 out of 8,785. Before him are James Callaghan (1912), Andy Cole (1971), Jean Simmons (1929), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Henry Every (1659), and Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743). After him are James Dewar (1842), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Peter Greenaway (1942), and Saint Malachy (1094).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In United Kingdom

Among mountaineers born in United Kingdom, George Mallory ranks 2. Before him are Andrew Irvine (1902). After him are Edward Whymper (1840), John Muir (1838), Albert F. Mummery (1855), Verney Lovett Cameron (1844), and Alison Hargreaves (1962).

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