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medical doctor, explorer and mountaineer, most famous for being the first person to climb a summit of over 7,000 metres in elevation,
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and in 1933 he was one of eleven people involved in the appeal that led to the foundation of the
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Longstaff offered to underwrite the cost - on condition that the expedition was led by either
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Lloyd, Peter; Somervell, T. H.; Patey, Tom W.; Blakeney, T. S. (1964).
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in 1932 and was its President from 1933–1935 and was president of the (British)
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in the Himalayas, 1907, and in 1908 he was awarded the Gill Memorial by the
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The Selkirk Mountains : a guide for mountain climbers and pilgrims
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in 1909. It has been written that the map he made during this journey "
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Longstaff, T. G.; Ritchie, M. R. W. (July 1929).
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for his work in the Himalaya, especially his discovery of the
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in 1914 and served on the General Staff at Army Headquarters,
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Longstaff was commissioned into the 1/7th Battalion of the
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in 1907. He also made important explorations and climbs in
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Photograph from "The assault on Mount Everest, 1922, 
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completely altered the topography as shown on older maps
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explorer, mountaineer, ornithologist and medical doctor
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and was chief medical officer and naturalist on the
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He went on to explore the Siachen Glacier and, with
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309:, he served with the 7th and 13th Battalion of the 161: 137: 132: 111: 103: 81: 59: 54: 752:Neill, John (1965). "Obituary: T. G. Longstaff". 231:(1929), was elected as an Honorary Member of the 294:, 1915–1916. He was Assistant Commandant of the 589:M.P. (Chairman, British Trust for Ornithology) 8: 32: 1104:"The 1922 Everest diary of Dr TG Longstaff" 622: 620: 489:When there were difficulties financing the 258:, the first and most generous supporter of 600:(President, British Ornithologists' Union) 31: 894:"New Expeditions in 1903 : Caucasus" 814: 812: 810: 808: 716: 714: 478:. In Greenland again, 1931 and 1934, and 432:for his work in the Himalaya and Tibet. 512:(BTO), an organisation for the study of 320: 247:Longstaff was the eldest son of Lt-Col. 187:(15 January 1875 – 26 June 1964) was an 1350:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 863: 861: 665: 663: 616: 536: 1422:British Army personnel of World War II 1267:International Journal of Avian Science 119:Lieutenant-Colonel Llewellyn Longstaff 1417:British Army personnel of World War I 464:1922 British Mount Everest expedition 153:1922 British Mount Everest expedition 7: 1040:Frazer, R. A. (November 1922). 773:"In Memoriam – Tom George Longstaff" 49:Longstaff on 1922 Everest expedition 1452:Presidents of the Alpine Club (UK) 1279:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1965.tb07306.x 871:The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922 450:After the war, he took part in an 223:. He was a founding member of The 25: 1412:King's Royal Rifle Corps officers 1407:Royal Hampshire Regiment officers 1346:Longstaff, Tom George (1875–1964) 868:Bruce, Charles Granville (1924). 674:. Rupert Hart-Davis. p. 117. 628:"Obituary – Tom George Longstaff" 565:(Chancellor of Oxford University) 1379: 819:Shipton, Eric (September 1965). 676:Reprinted 1987 by Diadem Books, 504:He was a well respected amateur 43: 1447:People educated at Eton College 1427:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 1352:, Oxford University Press, 2004 933:Wheeler, Arthur Oliver (1912). 641:(81): 776–777. September 1965. 1462:People from Kingston upon Hull 1195:Longstaff, T. G. (1935). 1102:Aitken, William McKay (1983). 821:"Obituary: Dr T. G. Longstaff" 1: 510:British Trust for Ornithology 439:, he discovered the peaks of 1261:Fisher, James (April 1965). 723:"Obituary – Tom G Longstaff" 721:Odell, Noel E. (1964). 27:British explorer (1875–1964) 1378:(public domain audiobooks) 1240:. Allen Lane. p. 212. 960:"Mountaineering in Garwhal" 1483: 1457:Territorial Force officers 1197:"The Shores of Baffin Bay" 874:. Longmans, Green & Co 472:Royal Geographical Society 430:Royal Geographical Society 1437:English mountain climbers 1236:Unsworth, Walter (1981). 381:Longstaff climbed in the 341:, Arthur Wakefield,  178: 128: 42: 195:, in the India/Pakistan 999:Longstaff, Tom (1911). 958:Longstaff, Tom (1908). 693:Longstaff, Tom (1951). 670:Mason, Kenneth (1955). 543:The letter was signed: 491:1938 Everest expedition 1467:English ornithologists 1372:Works by Tom Longstaff 1363:Works by Tom Longstaff 516:in the British Isles. 378: 296:Gilgit Corps of Scouts 249:Llewellyn W. Longstaff 1329:Longstaff, Tom George 754:Climbers Club Journal 525:Highlands of Scotland 324: 268:Christ Church, Oxford 1308:"Observers of Birds" 1139:Geographical Journal 1046:Geographical Journal 825:Geographical Journal 577:P. 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Index

Tom George Longstaff
Tom George Longstaff on 1922 Everest expedition
Hull
Achiltibuie
Scotland
Lieutenant-Colonel Llewellyn Longstaff
Alpine Club
1922 British Mount Everest expedition
Trisul
English
Trisul
Himalayas
Tibet
Nepal
Karakoram
Spitsbergen
Greenland
Baffin Island
Alpine Ski Club
Himalayan Club
Climbers Club
Alpine Club
Llewellyn W. Longstaff
OBE
Wimbledon
Captain Scott
Eton College
Christ Church, Oxford
St Thomas' Hospital
London

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