Personal information | |
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Main discipline | Mountain climber |
Other disciplines | Episcopal priest |
Born | Knoxville, Tennessee | August 20, 1891
Died | January 27, 1964 | (aged 72)
Nationality | American |
Career | |
Starting age | 21 |
Starting discipline | Surveyor |
Notable ascents | Denali (Mount McKinley) (June 7, 1913) |
Robert George Tatum (August 20, 1891 – January 27, 1964) was an American mountain climber and Episcopal priest. He, along with Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, and Walter Harper made up the expedition that was the first to successfully climb Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, on June 7, 1913.