George Herbert Leigh Mallory (18 Juni 1886 – 8 atau 9 Juni 1924) adalah seorang pendaki gunung Inggris yang ikut serta dalam tiga ekspedisi Inggris pertama ke Gunung Everest pada awal 1920an.
| George Mallory | |
|---|---|
| Lahir | George Herbert Leigh Mallory 18 Juni 1886 Mobberley, Cheshire, Inggris, Britania Raya |
| Meninggal | 8–9 Juni 1924 (usia 37) Wilayah Utara, Gunung Everest, Tibet |
| Sebab meninggal | Kecelakaan mendaki gunung |
| Penemuan jasad | 1 Mei 1999 |
| Almamater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
| Pekerjaan | Guru, Pendaki gunung |
| Suami/istri | Ruth Dixon Turner (m. 1914–1924) |
| Karier militer | |
| Pengabdian | Britania Raya |
| Dinas/cabang | Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat |
| Lama dinas | 1915–1918 |
| Pangkat | Letnan |
| Perang/pertempuran | Perang Dunia I |
Lahir di Cheshire, Mallory mengenal panjat tebing dan mendaki gunung saat menjadi murid di Winchester College. Setelah lulus dari Magdalene College, Cambridge, ia belajar di Charterhouse School sesambil mengembangkan keterampilannya sebagai pendaki di Alpen dan Lake District, Inggris. Ia bertugas dalam Angkatan Darat Britania Raya pada Perang Dunia Pertama dan berjuang di Somme.
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- Davis, Wade (2011). Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest. Bodley Head.
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- Anker, Conrad & Roberts, David (1999). The Lost Explorer – Finding Mallory on Mount Everest. London: Simon & Schuster
- Archer, Jeffrey (2009). Paths of Glory. New York: St Martin's Press ISBN 978-0-312-53951-1 (novel about Mallory's life and summit attempt)
- Davis, Wade (2011). Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest Bodley Head ISBN 978-1-84792-184-0
- Firstbrook, Peter (1999). Lost on Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine. BBC Worldwide
- Gillman, Peter and Leni (2000). The Wildest Dream: Mallory, His Life and Conflicting Passions. London: Headline (winner, Boardman Tasker Prize)
- Hemmleb, Jochen; Johnson, Larry A.; Simonson, Eric R. & Nothdurft, William E. (1999.) Ghosts of Everest – the Search for Mallory & Irvine. Seattle: Mountaineers Books (Story of the 1999 expedition that located Mallory's body)
- Hemmleb, Jochen, & Simonson, Eric R. (2002). Detectives on Everest: the Story of the 2001 Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition. Seattle: Mountaineers Books (Sequel to Ghosts of Everest, with new discoveries on Everest and revelations regarding the fate of Andrew Irvine)
- Holzel, Tom & Salkeld, Audrey (1986). The Mystery of Mallory & Irvine. Revised edition: Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 1999
- Neale, Jonathan, "Tigers of the Snow: How One Fateful Climb Made the Sherpas Mountaineering Legends", Thomas Dunne Books, 2002
- Robertson, David (1969). George Mallory. Revised edition 1999. (Biography written by Mallory's son-in-law, married to Beridge.) Faber and Faber Selected edition: Paperback 1999, with foreword by Joe Simpson ISBN 978-0-571-20314-7
- Summers, Julie (2000). Fearless on Everest: the Quest for Sandy Irvine. (Republished 2008) ISBN 978-1-904466-31-4
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- Karya George Mallory di Project Gutenberg
- "Expedition to rewrite Everest history". BBC News. 24 March 1999. dari versi asli tanggal 2012-10-27. Diakses tanggal 8 August 2008.
- Ghosts of Everest 2012-06-05 di Wayback Machine. – New evidence examined. 1999 Expedition finds Mallory's remains; tries to reconstruct Mallory's ascent. From Outside Magazine
- Lost on Everest 2023-05-28 di Wayback Machine. – In January 2000, PBS broadcast the story of the 1999 Nova expedition to locate the bodies of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine.
- Peter H. Hansen, 'Mallory, George Herbert Leigh (1886–1924)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2012-11-03 di Wayback Machine., Oxford University Press, 2004, brief biographical entry.
- Interactive panorama of The Second Step on Everest's Northeast Ridge. 2012-03-23 di Wayback Machine.
- 2004 Expedition to find the cameras
- Mount Everest 1924 photographs 2012-08-18 di Wayback Machine. – John Noel's photographs from the 1924 expedition.
- Ainley, Janine (13 June 2006). "Replica clothes pass Everest test". BBC News. dari versi asli tanggal 2012-07-04. Diakses tanggal 8 August 2008.
- Photo of Mallory Court, Magdalene College, Cambridge 2023-02-01 di Wayback Machine.
- Mallory's rowing career and account of the 1907 Boat Race, with photo 2013-07-21 di Wayback Machine. [NB that caption incorrectly states that Mallory rowed in Oxford/Cambridge boat race.]
- Karya George Mallory di LibriVox (buku suara domain umum)
- The George Mallory Award – Wasatch Mountain Film Festival 2022-09-06 di Wayback Machine.