11th April 2016 by What's What Team

The mathematician who calculated the height of Mount Everest

Radhanath Sikdar (1813–1870) was an Indian mathematician who among many other things calculated the height of Peak XV in the Himalaya and showed it to be the tallest mountain above sea level. Peak XV was later named Mount Everest.

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