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Douglas William Freshfield

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Douglas William Freshfield 1845-1934, English explorer and mountaineer. A prominent member of the Royal Geographical Society, he did pioneer climbing in the Caucasus, the Himalayas, and the mountainous regions of many other countries. He edited (1872-80) the Alpine Journal and wrote The Exploration of the Caucasus (1896), Round Kangchenjunga (1903), Italian Alps (1875; new ed. 1937), a biography of H. B. de Saussure (1921), and Below the Snow Line (1923). Author not available, FRESHFIELD, DOUGLAS WILLIAM. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007... Read more
mountain climbing
...challenges of all degrees of difficulty. William C. Slingsby led the way to the Norwegian mountains; Douglas W. Freshfield was one of the pioneer climbers in...6th ed. 1936, repr. 1966); D. W. Freshfield, The Exploration of the Caucasus... Read more

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; ...permit required for construction. 359 Freshfield Lane, Arnold, Danny Byrd _ permit required...for grading. 895 Woods Road, Pasadena, William Hammett _ permit required for grading...violation. 1251 Crummell Ave., Annapolis, Douglas Strickland _ permit required for grading...1264 A Creek Drive, lot 27, ... Read more
The admission of women Fellows to the Royal Geographical Society, 1892-1914; the controversy and the outcome.
; ...during 1913 and 1914 reversed a decision made 20 years previously. 'The Lady Question', described as such by Douglas William Freshfield (1894), the Society's Honorary Secretary and later President, is briefly mentioned in the numerous histories... Read more
British trailblazers in the Trentino Dolomites.(Advertisement Feature)(Advertisement)
; ...mountaineers, the names of Tuckett, John Ball and Douglas Freshfield trip off the tongue. The legendary Victorian...expedition led by Francis Fox Tuckett and William Douglas Freshfield scaled the Pale di San Martino group, crossing... Read more
Running on thin air
; ...Makalu and Lhotse. "The romantic beauty of the landscape was almost beyond belief," wrote the mountain explorer William Douglas Freshfield when he passed this way exactly 100 years ago. Below the eternal snows of Kangchenjunga and the open yak pastures... Read more

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