Description: (British Surveyor and Geographer Who Served as Surveyor General of India From 1830 to 1843)
Sir George Everest, a British surveyor and geographer, served as Surveyor General of India after joining the East India Company as a young man. He played a key role in surveying a meridian arc from the southernmost point of India to Nepal and was appointed Surveyor General of India in 1830. Everest retired in 1843 and the world's highest peak, initially known as Peak XV, was later renamed Mount Everest in his honor by the Royal Geographical Society.