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George Mallory

1886 - 1924

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George Herbert Leigh-Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions in the early 1920s. He and climbing partner Andrew "Sandy" Irvine were last seen ascending near Everest's summit during the 1924 expedition, sparking debate as to whether they reached it before they died. Born in Cheshire, England, Mallory became a student at Winchester College, where a teacher recruited him for an excursion in the Alps, and he developed a strong natural climbing ability. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Mallory has received more than 4,970,334 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). George Mallory is the 5th most popular mountaineer, the 377th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 435th in 2019) and the most popular British Mountaineer.

George Mallory is most famous for being the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, George Mallory ranks 5 out of 56. Before him are Edmund Hillary, Reinhold Messner, Tenzing Norgay, and Heinrich Harrer. After him are Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Junko Tabei, Jerzy Kukuczka, Edward Whymper, Hermann Buhl, Jacques Balmat, and Walter Bonatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, George Mallory ranks 18. Before him are Jean Arp, Ernst Thälmann, Karl Barth, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karl von Frisch, and Roman von Ungern-Sternberg. After him are Karl Polanyi, Jan Masaryk, Theodor Morell, Hermann Broch, Gotthard Heinrici, and Zhu De. Among people deceased in 1924, George Mallory ranks 13. Before him are Louis Sullivan, Alfred Marshall, Gabriel Fauré, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Carl Spitteler, and Frances Hodgson Burnett. After him are Ferdinand Cheval, Ferruccio Busoni, Robert Nivelle, Eleonora Duse, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, and Alexander Parvus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Mallory ranks 377 out of 8,785. Before him are Harthacnut (1018), Anne, Princess Royal (1950), Calico Jack (1682), Martin Ryle (1918), Harold Pinter (1930), and Hugh Grant (1960). After him are G. H. Hardy (1877), Kenneth Branagh (1960), Mordred (null), Christian de Duve (1917), Pelagius (360), and Henry Morgan (1635).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In United Kingdom

Among mountaineers born in United Kingdom, George Mallory ranks 1. After him are Edward Whymper (1840), John Muir (1838), Albert F. Mummery (1855), Andrew Irvine (1902), Verney Lovett Cameron (1844), and Alison Hargreaves (1962).

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