Cecil Rawling
Cecil Godfrey Rawling CMG , CIE , DSO ( February 16, 1870 - October 28, 1917 near Passendale ), was a British soldier with the rank of brigadier and explorer.
In 1903/04 he took part in the invasion of Tibet by British troops under the direction of Francis Younghusband and, together with CHD Ryder, led the Gartok expedition immediately initiated by Younghusband .
During an expedition to northwest Guinea (now Papua ) in 1909, he discovered the Tapiro , a hitherto unknown tribe of small people. He was also the first to plan to explore and climb Mount Everest .
Rawling was killed in the Third Battle of Flanders near Passendale in World War I.
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Publications
- The great plateau; being an account of exploration in Central Tibet, 1903, and of the Gartok expedition, 1904-1905 . Part I The Exploration in Central Tibet 1903. Part II The Gartok Exploration. Publisher: Edward Arnold London, 1905
- CG Rawling: The land of the New Guinea pygmies: an account of the story of a pioneer journey of exploration into the heart of New Guinea . Chapter XIX, on the pygmies by HS Harrison Publisher: Seeley Service & Co. Ltd., London 1913
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| SURNAME | Rawling, Cecil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rawling, Cecil Godfrey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British soldier and explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Britain |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1917 |
| Place of death | at Passendale (Zonnebeke) |