Sir Hugh Munro

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Sir Hugh Munro was a Scottish mountaineer best known for compiling the first comprehensive list of Scotland’s mountains over 3,000 feet, now known as “Munros.”

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Hugh Munro 2
Sir Hugh Thomas Munro 2
Sir Hugh Munro canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish person
human
mountaineer
baronetcyOf Lindertis
birthDate 1856-10-16
birthPlace Lindertis, near Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland
causeOfDeath influenza
compiled Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal
surface form: Munro’s Tables for the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

first list of Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet
countryOfCitizenship Scotland
United Kingdom
deathDate 1919-03-19
deathPlace Tarascon
surface form: Tarascon, France
definedAs mountains in Scotland over 3,000 feet without regard to prominence
diedDuring 1918–1919 influenza pandemic
educatedAt Rugby School
Trinity College, Cambridge
Glenalmond College
surface form: Trinity College, Glenalmond
endTimeOfPositionHeld 1896
familyName Munro
fieldOfWork mountain classification
fullName Sir Hugh Munro self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sir Hugh Thomas Munro
givenName Hugh
hasListNamedAfterHim Munro
surface form: Munros
heritage Angus gentry
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced Scottish hillwalking culture
mountain list compilers worldwide
inspired the modern sport of Munro bagging
knownFor creating the list of mountains now known as the Munros
language English
memberOf Scottish Mountaineering Club
militaryBranch British Army
namesakeOf Munro
surface form: Munro (Scottish mountain classification)
nationality Scottish
notableFor compiling the first comprehensive list of Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet
notableWork Munro Tables
surface form: Munro’s Tables
occupation landowner
mountaineer
soldier
positionHeld President of the Scottish Mountaineering Club
publicationDateOfWork 1891
religion Christianity
residence Lindertis estate, Angus, Scotland
servedIn Second Boer War
startTimeOfPositionHeld 1894
title Baronet
workPublishedIn Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal

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Kirriemuir hasNotablePerson Sir Hugh Munro
Munro notableBearer Sir Hugh Munro
this entity surface form: Hugh Munro
Munro fullName Sir Hugh Munro
subject surface form: Hugh Munro
this entity surface form: Sir Hugh Thomas Munro
Munro namedAfter Sir Hugh Munro
subject surface form: Munro (mountain classification)
this entity surface form: Hugh Munro
Sir Hugh Munro fullName Sir Hugh Munro self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sir Hugh Thomas Munro