George Mallory

Standard Name: Mallory, George

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Wealth and Poverty Dorothy Bussy
At these times they rented out La Souco, a practice which became an important source of income. Their tenants included Rudyard Kipling , George Mallory , and André Malraux ; André Gide and Julian Morrell
Occupation Ann Bridge
She became a passionate mountain climber. At nineteen, she was a member of the Ladies' Alpine Club and was known for skilful climbing in the Alps (with professional guides) and in the mountains of Central...
Friends, Associates Ann Bridge
As a small girl AB met Florence Nightingale , whom she remembered as a very old lady, with a ravaged, majestically intelligent face. . . . the hand that writes these words has touched the...

Timeline

29 May 1953: The summit of Mount Everest, highest mountain...

Building item

29 May 1953

The summit of Mount Everest, highest mountain in the world, was first reached: by the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and the New Zealander Edmund Hillary (who was later knighted).

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