Maurice Herzog
1919
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2012
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
native language: French
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: HEC Paris
occupation: politician, explorer, French Resistance fighter, mountaineer, local politician
award received: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations, Prix Ève Delacroix
position held: member of the French National Assembly, Mayor of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Maurice André Raymond Herzog (15 January 1919 – 13 December 2012) was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the 1950 French Annapurna expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the summit with Louis Lachenal. Upon his return, he wrote a best-selling book about the expedition, Annapurna. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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