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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, 4 August 1888, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
- University of Geneva
- 22 November 1970 (aged 82), England
- British Mount Everest Expedition 1922
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. Inhaltsverzeichnis.
Abstract. 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.
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
1. Jan. 2015 · 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 8320 m, higher than any human had climbed before.
- John B. West
- jwest@ucsd.edu
- 2003
25. Mai 2019 · The story leads back almost 100 years, to a farmer's son from Orange who became a war hero, inventor and rival to George Mallory in the race to be the first person to climb Mount Everest. His name was George Finch. A chemist and brilliant mountaineer, he won an MBE for his bomb-making skills during WWI.
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...
