Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen , 1834-1923, English topographer and geologist. An officer in the British army (1851-77), he was assigned to several government surveys in N India, especially in the Himalayas. He explored and surveyed the region of the Karakorum around K2 , which is also known as Mt. Godwin-Austen for him.
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Q. Who is Godwin-Austen and why is the mountain of ... A. Known officially as K2, Godwin-Austen is the highest mountain in ... mountain for English explorer Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen never was adopted. The name ...
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... three very gifted artists, Joseph Wolf, Henry Richter and William Hart, to make the ... Lady Amherst's Pheasant, painted by Henry Richter and estimated at pounds 7,000-poun ... discovered by a mountaineer, Major Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, in the Naga Hills of Assam. He lent ...
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