Wilfrid Noyce

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Wilfrid Noyce was a British mountaineer, schoolmaster, and author renowned for his high-altitude climbing and key support role in the successful 1953 Everest expedition.

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instanceOf human
mountaineer
schoolteacher
activeInPeriod 20th century
burialPlace Hindu Kush region NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath mountaineering accident
climbed Mount Everest NERFINISHED
conflictParticipatedIn Second World War NERFINISHED
contributedTo success of 1953 Everest summit by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1917-12-31
dateOfDeath 1962-07-24
educatedAt Charterhouse School NERFINISHED
King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
employer Charterhouse School NERFINISHED
familyName Noyce NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork mountaineering literature
gender male
genre mountaineering writing
non-fiction
travel writing
givenName Wilfrid NERFINISHED
hasEthnicGroup English
knownFor high-altitude mountaineering
support role in 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf 1953 British Mount Everest expedition NERFINISHED
militaryService British Army
name Wilfrid Noyce NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableAchievement reached high camps on Everest during 1953 expedition
notableWork South Col NERFINISHED
The Springs of Adventure NERFINISHED
They Survived NERFINISHED
occupation mountaineer
schoolmaster
writer
participatedIn Himalayan mountaineering
Hindu Kush expeditions
placeOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Hindu Kush NERFINISHED
roleInExpedition high-altitude support climber

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