| LC control no. | n 50013068 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Tenzing Norkey, 1914-1986 |
| Variant(s) | Tensing Norkay, 1914-1986 Tenzing, Sirdar, 1914-1986 Sirdar Tenzing, 1914-1986 Sherpa, Tenzing, 1914-1986 Norkey, Tenzing, 1914-1986 Norkay, Tensing, 1914-1986 Bhutia Tensing Norkey, 1914-1986 Norgay, Tenzing, 1914-1986 Tenajiṅga Norge, 1914-1986 Norge, Tenajiṅga, 1914-1986 Tenzing Norgay, 1914-1986 |
| Associated country | Nepal India |
| Associated place | Tibet Autonomous Region (China) |
| Birth date | 1914 |
| Death date | 1986-05-09 |
| Place of death | Darjeeling (India) |
| Profession or occupation | Mountaineering guides (Persons) |
| Found in | Author's Sieg am Everest, 1954. Bhaṇḍārī, Rājendrasiṃha. Pahāṛoṃ se ūn̐cā, 1982: p. 27 (Tenajiṅga Norge) Everest, 2002: CIP galley (Tenzing Norgay; native of Nepal) Wikipedia WWW site, Oct. 4, 2006 (Tenzing Norgay; b. May 29 (?), 1914, Kharta Valley region, Tibet, to a peasant family from Khumbu, Nepal; d. May 9, 1986, Darjeeling, West Bengal; Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer; he and Sir Edmund Hillary were the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953) |
| National bib agency no. | 1037L7913E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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