See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• EVEREST, MOUNT
• SIR GEORGE EVEREST (1790—1866)

EVEREST (1790—1866)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British surveyor. and geographer, was the son of Tristram See also:

• EVEREST, MOUNT
• EVEREST, SIR GEORGE (1790—1866)

Everest of Gwerndale, Brecknockshire, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born there on the 4th of See also:

• JULY

July 1790 . From school at Marlow_ he proceeded to the military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy at See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich, where he attracted the See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• NOTICE

notice of the mathematical See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, and passed so well in his See also:

• EXAMINATIONS

examinations that he was declared See also:

• FIT

fit for a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission before attaining the necessary See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . Having gone to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in 18o6 as a See also:

• CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

cadet in the See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

Artillery, he was selected by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• STAMFORD
• STAMFORD, HENRY GREY

Stamford See also:

• RAFFLES, SIR THOMAS STAMFORD (1781-1826)

Raffles to take See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• RECONNAISSANCE (from Fr. reconnaitre, to recognize, Lat. recognoscere)

reconnaissance of See also:

• JAVA

Java (1814–1816) ; and after being employed in various See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• WORKS

works throughout India, he was appointed in 1818 assistant to See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel Lambton, the founder of the See also:

• GREAT

great trigonometrical survey of that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . In 1823, on Colonel Lambton's See also:

• DEATH

death, he succeeded to the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the survey; in 183o he was appointed by the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company surveyor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of Intl is and from that date till his retirement from the service in 1843 he continued to See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge the laborious duties of both offices . During the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life he resided in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where he became See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal Society and an active member of several other scientific associations . In 1861 he was made a C.B. and received the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood, and in 1862 he was chosen See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Royal See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society, He died at See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich on the 1st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1866 . The geodetical labours of Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Everest See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank among the finest achievements of their See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind; and more especially his measurement of the meridional arc of India, 1 i z ° in length, is accounted as unrivalled in the See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals of the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . In great,part the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian survey is what he made it . His works are purely professional:—A See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper in vol. i. of the See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society, pointing out a See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake in La Caille's measurement of an arc of the See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

meridian which he had discovered during sick-leave at the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope; An See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the measurement of the arc of the meridian between the See also:

• PARALLELS

parallels of 18° 3' and 24° 7', being a continuation of the See also:

• GRAND

Grand Meridional Arc of India, as detailed by Lieut.-See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

Col . Lambton in the volumes of the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society of See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1830); An account of the measurement of two sections of the Meridional Arc of India bounded by the parallels of 18° 3' 15", 24° 7' II", and 20° 30' 48" (London, 1847) .