George Leigh Mallory biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of George Leigh Mallory

Author Name:

George Leigh Mallory

Born As:

George Herbert Leigh Mallory

Other Names:

Born:

18 Jun 1886

Died:

8 Jun 1924




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Mountaineer                          
                          
Father Herbert Leigh Mallory
The second of four children.
Wife Ruth - 3 children - Clare, Beridge and John.                          
Took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s.                          
Asked by a reporter why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, Mallory is famously said to have replied, "Because it is there." He later said that he didn't recall ever making the remark, and if he did, it was merely a quip to deal with a "foolish question" from an ignorant reporter: nonetheless, the quote is forever associated with Mallory, the mountain and mountain climbing.