Michael Ward (mountaineer)
Michael Phelps Ward,
He had been on the earlier 1951 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition which pioneered the route used by the 1953 expedition. He was asked by Eric Shipton to go on the 1952 British Cho Oyu expedition, but was completing his national military service and sitting a surgery examination. [4]
He was a pioneer in high altitude medicine, which he researched with
He wrote numerous books including Everest: A Thousand Years of Exploration.[5]
He was a supporter of the National Health Service and the East End of London rather than Harley Street. He was a lecturer in Clinical Surgery at the London Hospital Medical College 1975–93, and Consultant Surgeon at St Andrew's Hospital, Bow 1964-93 and Newham Hospital 1983–93.
He was appointed a
References
- Obituary in "The Times" (London) of 17 October 2005; Issue 68520 page 56.
- ^ Perrin, Jim (26 October 2005). "Michael Ward". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Nelson, Valerie J. (24 October 2005). "Michael Ward, 80; Assisted in Everest Climb". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (25 October 2005). "Michael Ward, 80, Doctor on '53 Everest Climb, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Gill 2017, p. 158.
- ^ Rodway, George W.; Windsor, Jeremy S. "Pioneer of the High Realm : Michael Ward". The Himalayan Journal. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
Further reading
- Hunt, John (1953). The Ascent of Everest. London: Hodder & Stoughton. p. 29.
- Gill, Michael (2017). Edmund Hillary: A Biography. Nelson, NZ: Potton & Burton. ISBN 978-0-947503-38-3.