Hingston Richard William George

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Biografie:
Richard William George Hingston (1887-1966)
The late Major Hingston entered the Indian Medical Service in 1910 and retired early, in 1927. He had been educated at Merchant Taylors' School and University College, Cork. During the First World War he served from 1914-18 in France, East Africa and Mesopotamia, winning
the Military Cross.
He had been naturalist to the Indo-Russian Pamir Triangulation Expedition in 1913, and was medical officer and naturalist to the 1924 Everest Expedition. After retirement from the I.M. S. he travelled widely, on a variety of expeditions to Greenland, Guyana and to several parts of Africa, in the latter case making a study of methods for the preservation of the indigenous fauna.
He was proposed for membership of the Alpine Club in 1924 by C. G. Bruce, seconded by A. F. R. Wollaston.
T. S. Blakeney
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 71, 1966, Seite 347


Geboren am:
1887
Gestorben am:
1966