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George Ingle Finch MBE FRS (4 August 1888 – 22 November 1970) was an Australian chemist and mountaineer. His obituary in The Times describes him as "one of the two best alpinists of his time" (with George Mallory).
George Ingle Finch war ein australischer Chemiker und Bergsteiger. Er wuchs im deutschsprachigen Teil der Schweiz auf und studierte später Physik an der Universität Genf. Zwischen 1936 und 1952 hatte er eine Professur für Angewandte Chemie am Imperial College London inne.
George Ingle Finch (* 4. August 1888 in Australien; † 22. November 1970) war ein australischer Chemiker und Bergsteiger. Er wuchs im deutschsprachigen Teil der Schweiz auf und studierte später Physik an der Universität Genf. Zwischen 1936 und 1952 hatte er eine Professur für Angewandte Chemie am Imperial College London inne. Leben und Wirken
George Ingle Finch was born in Orange, New South Wales, on 4 August 1888, the eldest son of G. E. Finch, Chairman of the Land Court of New South Wales. His early education was at Wolaroi College, but he was privately tutored in Europe.
1. Mai 2003 · George Ingle Finch (1888–1970) was the first person to prove the great value of supplementary oxygen for climbing at extreme altitudes. He did this during the 1922 Everest expedition when he and his companion, Geoffrey Bruce, reached an altitude of 8,320 m, higher than any human had climbed before. Finch was well qualified to ...
- John B. West
- 2003
9. Juni 2022 · George Finch. An international pioneer of modern mountain climbing techniques, George Ingle Finch was born near Orange on 4 August 1888. George went to school at Wolaroi College in Orange. The family moved to Europe in 1901, when George was aged 14.
18. Jan. 2016 · On a crisp spring morning in 1901, in the middle of a wallaby hunt, 13-year-old George Ingle Finch decided to become a mountaineer. Watching the sun rise over the Australian bush from the top of...
