George Lowe

Mountaineer, Film director

1924 – 2013

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Who was George Lowe?

Wallace George Lowe, CNZM, OBE, known as George Lowe, was a New Zealand-born mountaineer, explorer, film director and educator. He was the last surviving member of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition, during which his friend Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first known people to summit the world's highest peak.

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Born
Jan 15, 1924
Hastings
Also known as
  • Wallace George Lowe
Spouses
Nationality
  • New Zealand
Profession
Education
  • Hastings Boys' High School
Died
Mar 20, 2013

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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