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Herzog, Maurice, 1919-2012

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Personal name headingHerzog, Maurice, 1919-2012
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See alsoCorporate body: Expédition française à l'Himalaya (1950)
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Birth date19190115
Death date20121213
Place of birthLyon (France)
Place of deathNeuilly-sur-Seine (France)
Field of activityMountaineering
Profession or occupationMountaineer
Found inHis Regards vers l'Annapurna.
New York times WWW site, Dec. 17, 2012 (in obituary published Dec. 14: Maurice Herzog; b. Jan. 15, 1919; d. Thursday [Dec. 13, 2012], Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 93; French alpinist who was hailed as a hero in his country in 1950 when he and a fellow climber became the first men to conquer a peak of more than 26,000 feet, that of Annapurna I in the Himalayas)
French Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 17, 2012 (Maurice Herzog; b. Jan. 15, 1919, Lyon; d. Dec. 13, 2012, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
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