Andrew Scott Waugh
British army officer and Surveyor General of India (1810-1878) · Scientists · Died at 68
Major-General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh 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.
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Waugh is credited with naming the peak of Mount Everest.
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Lived 1810 to 1878 · aged 68
