Wheeler, Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver (1890-1962), surveyor, mountaineer and soldier

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Wheeler, Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver (1890-1962), surveyor, mountaineer and soldier

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  • Oliver Wheeler

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      18 April 1890 - 19 March 1962

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      Brigadier Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler was a Canadian surveyor, mountain climber and soldier. Wheeler participated in the first expedition to Mount Everest in 1921. He was an accomplished mountain climber and on the 1921 expedition was one of the team to reach the 7000 metre North Col. As a Brigadier in the British Army he was appointed Surveyor General of India in 1941. He was knighted for the work he did surveying India.

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