Howard Somervell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Howard Somervell

British artist

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1890

Place of Birth: Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1975

Profession: surgeon, painter, military physician, mountaineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Theodore Howard Somervell OBE, FRCS (16 April 1890 – 23 January 1975) was an English surgeon, mountaineer, painter and missionary who was a member of two expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s, and then spent nearly 40 years working as a doctor in India.
In 1924 he was awarded an Olympic Gold Medal by Pierre de Coubertin for his achievements in mountaineering (Alpinism).