Freshfield, Douglas William

Japanese: フレッシュフィールド(英語表記)Freshfield, Douglas William
Freshfield, Douglas William
Born: April 27, 1845, London
[died] 9 February 1934. Forest Row. British mountaineer, explorer, geographer and writer. From 1884 he advocated for the recognition of geography as an independent subject in British universities. During an expedition to the Middle Caucasus in 1868, he was the first to summit its highest peak, Mount Elibrus (5,642 m), the highest peak in Russia west of the Urals. In 1899 he attempted to climb Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) in the Himalayas, and in 1905 the Rwenzori Mountains in Central Africa, but failed. He was secretary of the Royal Geographical Society from 1881 to 1894, its president from 1914 to 1917, and president of the British Association of Authors from 1908 to 1909. His books include "The Italian Alps" (1875), "The Exploration of the Caucasus" (1896), "Round Kanchenjunga" (1903), and two editions of "Murray's Guide to Switzerland."

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Japanese:
[生]1845.4.27. ロンドン
[没]1934.2.9. フォレストロー
イギリスの登山家,探検家,地理学者,作家。1884年から,地理学をイギリスの大学で独立した学科として認定するよう主張した。1868年の中部カフカス山脈(→大カフカス山脈)への探検中に,その最高峰でウラル山脈の西ではロシアの最高峰でもあるエリブルース山(5642m)への初登頂を果たした。1899年にヒマラヤ山脈のカンチェンジュンガ(8586m),1905年には中央アフリカのルウェンゾリ山脈への登頂を試みたが,失敗した。1881~94年に王立地理学協会の事務局長,1914~17年に会長を歴任し,1908~09年にはイギリス作家協会の会長も務めた。著書に "Italian Alps"(1875),"The Exploration of the Caucasus"(1896),"Round Kanchenjunga"(1903),および 2種類の版の "Murray's Guide to Switzerland"がある。

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