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geographer after whom Mount Everest was named. She spent the first part of her life in France where she received an education in mathematics from a private tutor

Sir George Everest, CB, FRS, FRAS, FRGS (/ˈiːvrɪst/, EEV-rist; 4 July 1790 – 1 December 1866) was a British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor

May 2006) was an English mountaineer who died near the summit of Mount Everest. His death caused controversy and debate because he was passed by several

Howard Everest Hinton FRS (24 August 1912 – 2 August 1977) was a British entomologist and Professor who studied beetles. Howard Hinton grew up in Mexico

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

confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served

each passing year. It appears that while Everest and Waugh both extolled him for his exceptional mathematical abilities, his relations with the colonial

professor of mathematics at Queen's College, Cork (now University College Cork) in Ireland, where he met his future wife, Mary Everest. He continued

Geoffrey Everest Hinton (born 6 December 1947) is a British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, and cognitive psychologist known for his

Graham Everest 1957–2010" (PDF). Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 45 (5): 1110–1118. doi:10.1112/blms/bdt053. S2CID 117006730. Everest, James