George Finch | |
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| Born | George Ingle Finch 4 August 1888 Orange, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 22 November 1970 (aged 82) England |
| Alma mater | University of Geneva |
| Known for | British Mount Everest Expedition 1922 |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] Hughes Medal (1944) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical physics Electrochemistry |
| Institutions | Imperial College London |
George Ingle Finch (4 August 1888 – 22 November 1970) was a British-Australian chemist and mountaineer.[2][3][4] His obituary in The Times describes him as "one of the two best alpinists of his time" (with George Mallory).[5]
- ^ Blackman, M. (1972). "George Ingle Finch 1888-1970". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 18: 223–239. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1972.0007. S2CID 58229056.
- ^ Blakeney, T. S. (March 1971). "Obituary: George Ingle Finch". The Geographical Journal. 137 (1): 136. JSTOR 1795428.
- ^ Peter Osborne (2004). "Finch, George Ingle". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33130. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ McIntosh, S. E. (2009). "George Ingle Finch's The Struggle for Everest". Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. 20 (3): 303. doi:10.1580/09-WEME-BK-343.1. S2CID 57493560.
- ^ "Obituary" in The Times (London) of 24 November 1970 p14 issue 58013