Sir George Everest, CB, FRS, FRAS, FRGS was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843.
After receiving a military education in Marlow, Everest joined the East India Company and arrived in India at... Wikipedia
Born: July 4, 1790, Crickhowell, United Kingdom
Died: December 1, 1866 (age 76 years), London, United Kingdom
Place of burial: St Andrew's Church, Hove, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Books: Colonel Sir George Everest (1790-1866): A Celebration of the Bicentenary of His Birth, 8 November 1990 at the Royal Geographic Society, London, A Series of Letters: Addressed to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, As President of the Royal Society, Remonstrating Against the Conduct of That Learned Body, Rectification of logarithmic errors in the measurements of two sections of the meridional arc of India: In a letter to Prof. Stokes. (From the Proceedings of the Roy. Soc. of London for Jan. 27, 1859), and more
Niece: Mary Everest Boole
Children: Lancelot Feilding Everest