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Oliver Wheeler : ウィキペディア英語版 | Oliver Wheeler
Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler MC (April 18, 1890 – March 19, 1962) participated in the first topographical survey of Mount Everest in 1921.〔(Canadian geographer conquered Mount Everest in ‘epic quest’ ) National Post (Canada) 13 Nov. 2011〕 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. == Early life == Oliver Wheeler came from a family of geologists. His father, Arthur Oliver Wheeler was designated a National Historic Person in 1995. His father, a Dominion Land Surveyor, co-founded the Alpine Club of Canada and mapped British Columbia’s Selkirk Mountains and the British Columbia-Alberta border.〔Arthur Oliver Wheeler http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/pm-mp/lhn-nhs/wheeler_e.asp〕 His mother was Clara (née Macoun), daughter of Canadian botanist John Macoun.
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