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John Hunt, Baron Hunt

John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Indian-English lieutenant and mountaineer (died 1998)

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Born
June 22, 1910
Died
November 7, 1998
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1910

About John Hunt, Baron Hunt

Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt was a British Army officer who is best known as the leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest. He was educated at Marlborough College before entering the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he was awarded the King's Gold Medal and the Anson Memorial Sword. He returned to his regiment in 1935, having been awarded the Indian Police Medal. He applied to join the 1936 Everest Expedition, but was turned down when an RAF medical discovered a minor heart problem.

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John Hunt, Baron Hunt timeline

  1. He returned to his regiment in 1935, having been awarded the Indian Police Medal.
  2. He applied to join the 1936 Everest Expedition, but was turned down when an RAF medical discovered a minor heart problem.

The world when John Hunt, Baron Hunt was born

John Hunt, Baron Hunt was born in 1910. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1910

  • Best-selling book"The Rosary" – Florence L. Barclay

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJack Johnson defends heavyweight title, sparking nationwide debate
  • Top headlineBoy Scouts of America founded
  • Technology milestoneFirst neon lighting demonstrated in Paris
  • World population~1.7B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population92.2M

1910 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in John Hunt, Baron Hunt's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19102026
Average home$3,395$435,000
Average income$574$67,500
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population92.2M341 million

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