--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 19:37:59 +0100 From: Andrew Cook <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Lecture 'Sir George Everest: The Man and the Mountain' Sender: Andrew Cook <[log in to unmask]> The Royal Geographical Society has announced that the E.G.R. Taylor lecture for 2000 is to be delivered in London at the Society's House on 31 October by J.R. (Jim) Smith, author of the recent biography of Sir George Everest, Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843, with the title: 'Sir George Everest: The Man behind the Mountain'. The lecture is open to all, and will commence at 6.30 p.m. Admission to the lecture hall is by the Exhibition Road entrance. Further information from The Royal Geographical Society website <http://www.rgs.org>, or by telephone to 020 7591 3000, or from the Society at 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR.. posted by Dr Andrew S Cook India Office Records The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB --- End Forwarded Message ---