Andrew Scott Waugh
British general
Died when: 68 years 18 days (816 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (3 February 1810 – 21 February 1878) was a British army officer and Surveyor General of India who worked in the Great Trigonometrical Survey.
He served under Sir George Everest and succeeded him in 1843.Waugh established a gridiron system of traverses for covering northern India.
Waugh is credited with naming the peak of Mount Everest.
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