George Everest

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British surveyor Surveyor General of India geographer human

George Everest was a 19th-century British surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India and lent his name to Mount Everest.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British surveyor → Surveyor General of India → geographer → human →
citizenship	British →
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of Great Britain →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
countryOfDeath	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
educatedAt	Royal Military Academy, Woolwich → Royal Military College, Marlow →
employer	East India Company → Survey of India →
era	19th century →
familyName	Everest →
fieldOfWork	cartography → geodesy → geography →
givenName	George →
hasPartNamedAfter	Mount Everest →
honorificTitle	Colonel → Sir →
knownFor	Having Mount Everest named after him → Surveying much of India →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Royal Society →
militaryBranch	Royal Artillery →
militaryRank	lieutenant →
name	George Everest →
namedAfter	George Everest →
notableAchievement	Completion of major sections of the Great Arc meridian survey in India →
notableWork	Great Trigonometrical Survey of India →
occupation	geographer → surveyor →
placeOfBirth	Gwernvale Manor, near Crickhowell, Powys, Wales →
placeOfDeath	London, England →
positionHeld	Surveyor General of India →
residence	India → London → Wales →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Indian subcontinent →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mount Everest → Mount Everest →	namedAfter
Mary Everest Boole → Thomas Roupell Everest →	notableRelative
Great Trigonometrical Survey of India →	chiefSurveyor
Mary Everest ("Everest") →	familyName
Great Trigonometrical Survey of India →	laterDirectedBy
George Everest →	name
East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe →	notableAlumni
Thomas Roupell Everest →	relative