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to announce that the mountain was believed to be the highest in the world, and proposed that it be named "after my illustrious predecessor", as it was "without any local name that we can discover" – the "native appellation, if it has any, will not very likely be ascertained before we are allowed to
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The interior has been stripped but the fireplaces, roof, and the door and window frames still remain. The house is secured by steel grills and cannot be entered. Now that this property is better known and the access road has been improved, the walls are covered with graffiti and then periodically
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My uncle, George Everest, was sent to India in 1806 at the age of sixteen.  the boy went out ignorant, un-spoiled and fresh. He made the acquaintance of a learned Brahman who taught him — not the details of his own ritual, as European missionaries do, but — the essential factor in all true
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Recent new fencing, tree planting and the construction of a ticket booth (as of late 2015) indicate that at some point it will cost to enter the property. The inside has signs of renovation several years ago, such as ceramic floor tiles in the kitchen and electrical switch boxes. Conservation
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The house is under the jurisdiction of the Tourism Department. There are underground water cisterns (or perhaps pits for storing ice, since water is scarce in the area) that are quite deep and lie uncovered in the front yard outside the house, filled with litter and posing danger of slipping.
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Built in 1832, the house is known today as Sir George Everest's House and Laboratory, or Park House. The house is situated in Park Estate about 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Gandhi Chowk / Library Bazaar (the west end of Mall Road in Mussoorie). Its location has panoramic views of the
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in Gloucestershire on 11 September 1855. In spite of the absence of formal training, Mary was a fine mathematician in her own right, as was one of her daughters, Alicia Boole Stott. Alicia's son, Leonard Boole Stott, studied medicine and became a pioneer in the treatment and control of
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are vying for this project. As of 2023, the house and the surrounding areas have been completely remodeled. The house and laboratory are not yet open to public. One can enjoy a number of small cafes that have been set up around the house. No tickets have been bought as of now.
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and some reference works suggest he was born there. George's baptismal certificate certainly indicates that he was baptized in Greenwich but although the certificate also bears his date of birth it does not indicate the locality."
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Recovering from malaria, Everest returned to India in 1821. He succeeded Lambton as superintendent of the GTS upon Lambton's death in 1823, and over the following years extended his predecessor's efforts on the arc up to
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Little is known about Everest's earliest years in India, but when he first arrived in the country at 16 years old he showed a talent for mathematics and astronomy. He was seconded to
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Everest had several siblings, including two younger brothers. George's first younger brother was Robert Everest, chaplain to the East India Company and author of
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in March 1827. Most of his free time was spent lobbying the East India Company for better equipment and studying the methods used by the
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Reminiscences and anecdotes of great men of India: both official and non-official for the last one hundred years
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Some time about 1825, he came to England for two or three years, and made a fast and lifelong friendship with
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appointed him to survey the island. He returned to Bengal in 1816, where he improved British knowledge of the
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In June 1830, Everest returned to India to continue his work on the GTS, and was simultaneously appointed
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prayer flags, placed by Mussoorie's longtime Tibetan community, from a vantage point at an angle above.
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renamed Peak XV – at the time only recently identified as the world's highest peak – to
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Everest was born on 4 July 1790, but his birthplace is uncertain. He was baptised at
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and arrived in India at the age of 16. He was eventually made an assistant to
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Photographs of Sir George Everest's house and laboratory, in Mussoorie, India
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religion, the secret of how man may hold communion with the Infinite Unknown.
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Mary Boole's daughter Margaret was the mother of Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
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He became acquainted with Indian thought according to his niece Mary Boole:
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Smith, James R. (2015). "Sir George Everest". In Martin, Geoffrey (ed.).
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penetrate into Nepal". There were in fact several native names among the
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Sir George Everest's House and Laboratory, also known as Park House.
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After receiving a military education in Marlow, Everest joined the
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One of Everest's sons, Lancelot Feilding Everest, was educated at
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It is very likely he introduced Indian thought to others as well:
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In 1845, Everest was a passenger on the first voyage of the
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Everest's third child, Ethel Everest, was an associate of
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In response, Everest penned a series of open letters to
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in 1818, where he was in the process of surveying a
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CB
FRS
FRAS
FRGS

Crickhowell
Greenwich
Great Trigonometric Survey
Mount Everest
Royal Astronomical Society
Geography
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FRS
FRAS
FRGS
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EEV-rist
Surveyor General of India
East India Company
William Lambton
Great Trigonometric Survey
meridian arc
Nepal
Royal Geographical Society
Mount Everest
Andrew Scott Waugh
Hindi

St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove
St Alfege Church

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