R.L. Holdsworth
Mountaineer
1899 –
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Who is R.L. Holdsworth?
Romilly Lisle Holdsworth, commonly known as R. L. Holdsworth, was a British scholar, academic, educationalist, cricketer and a distinguished Himalayan mountaineer. He was a member of the first expedition to Kamet in 1931, which included other stalwarts such as Eric Shipton and Frank Smythe. Holdsworth, along with Shipton and Smythe, are credited with the discovery of the Valley of Flowers, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, during their return from Kamet.
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- Born
- Feb 25, 1899
Mysore - Also known as
- R. L. Holdsworth
- Education
- University of Oxford
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on July 23, 2013
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