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Born in Hastings, New Zealand, into a farming family, George Lowe was educated at Hastings High School and Wellington Teachers College before starting work as a teacher. He spent holidays climbing in the Southern Alps, where he met fellow-New Zealander Edmund Hillary.
Mar 21, 2013 · LONDON — George Lowe, the last surviving climber from the team that made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest, has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 89.
Lowe later made expeditions to Greenland, Greece and Ethiopia, taught school in Britain and Chile, lectured on his expeditions and became Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools for England.
Mar 22, 2013 · 22 March 2013. George Lowe (right) with fellow New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary. The last surviving member of the team which first conquered Everest in 1953 has died in a Derbyshire nursing home....
Mar 21, 2013 · Lowe later made expeditions to Greenland, Greece and Ethiopia, taught school in Britain and Chile, lectured on his expeditions and became Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools for England.
Mar 22, 2013 · Lowe later made expeditions to Greenland, Greece and Ethiopia, taught school in Britain and Chile, lectured on his expeditions and became Her Majesty’s Inspector of Schools for England.
Apr 9, 2013 · In 1960, as a young geography sixth-former, I went to two lectures at the Derby Art Gallery by George Lowe given while he was teaching at Repton school. One was on the Everest expedition, the ...
