DOB: 4th July 1790 Gwernvale, Crickhowel in Wales. Death: 1st December 1866, Hyde Park in London About George Everest George Everest received a military education from a young age. At the age of 16, he joined the East India Company. Everest became the assistant to Lieutenant-Colonel William Lambton on the Great Trigonometric Survey (a project …
George Everest, Surveyor of India
