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Date of birth: 01/08/1907 · Date of death: 28/03/1977
On 1 August 1907, Eric Earle Shipton, a British explorer and mountaineer, was born in Hatton, in what is now Sri Lanka. He undertook numerous adventures outside Europe and made important exploratory ascents in Africa and Asia, including Kamet (7,756 m).