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Longstaff, Tom (1875-1964), doctor, explorer and mountaineer
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1875-1964
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Dr Tom Longstaff was a member of the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition, serving as medical officer.
Tom Longstaff was the first person to climb a summit of over 7,000 metres in elevation, Trisul, in the India/Pakistan Himalayas in 1907. He also made important explorations and climbs in Tibet, Nepal, the Karakoram, Spitsbergen, Greenland, and Baffin Island. He was president of the (British) Alpine Club from 1947 to 1949 and a founding member of The Alpine Ski Club in 1908. He was the chief medical officer and naturalist on the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography