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Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (3 February 1810 – 21 February 1878) was a British army officer and Surveyor General of India who worked in the Great Trigonometrical Survey. He served under Sir George Everest and succeeded him in 1843. Waugh established a gridiron system of traverses for covering northern India. Waugh is credited with naming the peak of Mount Everest.

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Andrew Scott Waugh

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Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (3 February 1810 – 21 February 1878) was a British army officer and Surveyor General of India who worked in the Great...

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George Everest

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identified as the world's highest peak – to Mount Everest in his honour. Andrew Scott Waugh, his protégé and successor as surveyor general, had been responsible...

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Waugh

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Great Trigonometrical Survey

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the responsibility of the Survey of India. Everest was succeeded by Andrew Scott Waugh, and after 1861, the project was led by James Walker, who oversaw...

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Radhanath Sikdar

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factors. George Everest retired in 1843 and was succeeded by Colonel Andrew Scott Waugh. Eight years later, in 1851, Radhanath was promoted to the position...

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Ric Roman Waugh

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installment in the Has Fallen series. He is the older brother of director Scott Waugh. Waugh worked as a stunt performer in the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in films...

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Evelyn Waugh

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Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (/ˈiːvlɪn ˈsɪndʒən ˈwɔː/; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books;...

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A Dark Place

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by Simon Fellows and starring Andrew Scott, Bronagh Waugh and Denise Gough. Andrew Scott as Donald Devlin Bronagh Waugh as Donna Reutzel Denise Gough...

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Surveyor General of India

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1829–1830: Henry Walpole 1830–1843: Sir George Everest 1843–1861: Andrew Scott Waugh 1861–1878: Henry Edward Landor Thuillier 1878–1883: James Thomas Walker...

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Mount Everest

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restricted work to the last three months of the year. In November 1847, Andrew Scott Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India, made several observations...

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Alec Waugh

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Auberon Waugh

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Alexander Waugh /ˈɔːbərən ˈwɔː/ (17 November 1939 – 16 January 2001) was an English journalist and novelist, and eldest son of the novelist Evelyn Waugh. He...

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Brompton Cemetery

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architect, designer of the Elswick cruiser and HMS Dreadnought Sir Andrew Scott Waugh – army officer and surveyor, who named the highest mountain in the...

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Thorpe affair

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65–66 Waugh, p. 142 Waugh, pp. 179–81 Freeman and Penrose, p. 357 Waugh, p. 210 Waugh, p. 217 Preston, pp. 168 and 303 Waugh, pp. 220–21 Waugh, pp. 223–25...

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List of British generals and brigadiers

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Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope General Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope Major-General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh Brigadier Thomas Ian Macdonald Waugh CBE, Royal...

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Addiscombe Military Seminary

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Steve Waugh

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Stephen Rodger Waugh AO (born 2 June 1965) is an Australian former international cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman...

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William Stephen Jacob

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took sick leave at the Cape of Good Hope. He became assistant to Andrew Scott Waugh, but again fell ill. In 1843 he went back to England on furlough,...

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Gipmochi

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heights of the high Himalayan peaks. After Walker's premature death, Andrew Scott Waugh, the Surveyor General of India, joined the Darjeeling survey party...

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Alexander Strange

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After this work was ended, Strange joined the surveyor-general, Sir Andrew Scott Waugh, at his camp at Attock, and took part in measuring a verificatory...

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Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945. It follows, from the 1920s to the early 1940s...

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Kevin Waugh MP (born June 9, 1956) is a Canadian politician and former television sports journalist. Waugh was first elected to represent the riding of...

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