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Melchior Anderegg

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Swiss mountain climber (1828-1914)

SwitzerlandLived 1828 to 1914 · aged 86
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Melchior Anderegg, from Zaun, Meiringen, was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascensionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism.

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Whymper's engraving of Melchior Anderegg (1864)Whymper's engraving of Melchior Anderegg (1864)Melchior Anderegg (standing, 4th from left), Horace Walker (sitting, 3rd from left), Lucy Walker (standing, 3rd from left)Melchior Anderegg (standing, 4th from left), Horace Walker (sitting, 3rd from left), Lucy Walker (standing, 3rd from left)Portrait of Melchior Anderegg at sixty-eight (from a photograph by C. Myles Mathews)Portrait of Melchior Anderegg at sixty-eight (from a photograph by C. Myles Mathews)

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Melchior Anderegg, from Zaun, Meiringen, was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascensionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism. His clients were mostly British, the most famous of whom was Leslie Stephen, the writer, critic and mountaineer; Anderegg also climbed extensively with members of the Walker family, including Horace Walker and Lucy Walker, and with Florence Crauford Grove. His cousin Jakob Anderegg was also a well-known guide.

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Switzerland
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deceased
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Lived 1828 to 1914 · aged 86
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