Edwin Garnett Hone Kempson
(1902-1987), ExplorerSitter in 3 portraits
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 18 December 1935
NPG x179643
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 18 December 1935
NPG x179641
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 18 December 1935
NPG x179642
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P M Mercer
08 November 2020, 20:13
EGH Kempson was educated at Marlborough College (1916-1921) and subsequently taught maths at Marlborough from 1925 to 1967.
He died on 25 May 1987.
Rosemary Barnes
01 March 2021, 16:58
He joined the 1935 reconnaissance expedition to Everest. While at Marlborough College, he inspired with his enthusiasm 3 of the 1952 Everest team: John Hunt, Charles Wylie and Michael Ward. At Marlborough he founded a climbing club, a National History society, a printing press and a scout troop. As Mayor he discovered in Marlborough Town Hall a collection of valuable 17th century books known as the Vicar's Library, which is now in the Bodleian.