Edward Oliver Wheeler
Military Person
1890 – 1962
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Who was Edward Oliver Wheeler?
Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler MC participated in the first topographical survey of Mount Everest in 1921. As Brigadier in the British Army was appointed Surveyor General of India in 1941. He was knighted for the work he did surveying India. He was an accomplished mountain climber and on the 1921 expedition was one of the team to reach the 7000-metre North Col.
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- Born
- Apr 18, 1890
Ottawa - Parents
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Royal Military College of Canada
- Lived in
- Ottawa
- Died
- Mar 19, 1962
Vernon
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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