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Lawrence Wager
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Born in Batley, West Yorkshire
Born on 5th of February 1904
Died on 20th of November 1965

Born 1904. Died 1965 - English geologist, petrologist and explorer.


Educated at Cambridge. Took part in scientific expeditions including one to East Greenland which resulted in his study of the local petrology and geochemistry. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1946.

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http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~davewa/research/himal/everest-lrw.htm everest exertions

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