Andrew Scott Waugh

Andrew Scott Waugh

Surveyor General of India who announced Peak XV as the highest mountain and proposed naming it for Everest.

Person

Also 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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  • George Everestsince 1843

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