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    Thomas Duncan Bourdillon (/bɔːrˈdɪlən/ bor-DIL-ən; 16 March 1924 – 29 July 1956) was an English mountaineer and member of the 1953 British Mount Everest...
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  • Benedict Bourdillon (1889–1971), British pilot and scientist James Bourdillon (1811–1883), British colonial administrator in Madras Tom Bourdillon (1924–1956)...
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  • Francis William Bourdillon (22 March 1852 at Runcorn, Cheshire, England – 13 January 1921 at Buddington, Midhurst) was a British poet and translator. He...
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    England aboard the S.S. Stratheden bound for Bombay on 12 February, bar Tom Bourdillon, Griffith Pugh, and Hunt, who was ill with an antrum[disambiguation...
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    (see George Finch and Noel Odell). In 1953 the first assault party of Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans used closed-circuit oxygen apparatus. The second (successful)...
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    1953 British Mount Everest Expedition by the First Assault Party of Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans when they reached the South Summit on 26 May at 13:00...
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    Robert Benedict Bourdillon CBE MC AFC DM (8 September 1889 – 3 March 1971) was a British World War I pilot and medical researcher. Born in Easebourne,...
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    Traverse and Hillary Step. It was first climbed by Charles Evans and Tom Bourdillon of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition on 26 May 1953. They arrived...
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    The expedition was led by Eric Shipton and included Edmund Hillary, Tom Bourdillon and George Lowe. A foray by Hillary and Lowe was stopped due to technical...
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    penultimate camp at the South Col, at 25,900 feet (7,900 m). On 26 May, Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans attempted the climb, but turned back when Evans' oxygen...
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