Andrew Scott Waugh
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1810 – 1878
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Who was Andrew Scott Waugh?
Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh was a British army officer and surveyor now remembered as the man who named the highest mountain in the world after Sir George Everest, his predecessor in the post of Surveyor-General of India.
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- Born
- Feb 3, 1810
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Employment
- Surveyor General of India
(1843 - 1861)
- Surveyor General of India
- Died
- Feb 21, 1878
- Resting place
- Brompton Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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