
Andrew Scott Waugh
Surveyor General of India who announced Peak XV as the highest mountain and proposed naming it for Everest.
PersonAlso known as Andrew Waugh
3 Feb 1810 – 21 Feb 1878
Over time
succeeded
George Everest
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- Identifiers
- Wikidata Q507301
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- succeeded:
- George Everestsince 1843
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