Howard Somervell

English surgeon, mountaineer, painter and missionary (1890-1975) · United Kingdom · Doctors · Died at 84

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Howard Somervell shortly after the 1924 Everest expedition

Awards

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

About this person

Theodore Howard Somervell OBE, FRCS was an English surgeon, mountaineer, painter and missionary who was a member of two expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s, and then spent nearly 40 years working as a doctor in India. In 1924 he was awarded an Olympic Gold Medal by Pierre de Coubertin for his achievements in mountaineering (Alpinism).

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United Kingdom