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G-A was almost certainly born at Ogwell House, near Newton Abbot (or Abbott), not Teignmouth. The most important part of his education was at Sandhurst (1848-51).

His greatest expedition took place in 1861: he nearly reached the new Mustagh Pass; he ascertained the exact position and height of K2 from a point above Urdukas above the Baltoro Glacier; he was the first Westerner to see the Hispar Glacier, from the Nushik La. G-A carried out further extensive explorations in Ladakh, Rupshu and Zanskar (1862), Western Tibet & the Aksai Chin (1863); Bhutan (1864-65) and, with interruptions because of bad health, throughout Manipur, Assam and Northern Burma from 1865 to 1877.

During his Karakoram expeditions, he broke the world high-altitude summit record on Mentok Kangri (Tso Moriri) (6283m)and reached peaks above 6000m four times, all of these achieved before the Matterhorn was climbed.

His geological collections are the basis of the collection in the National Museum of India. He was also a great conchologist, zoologist and ethnographer. His molluscs collection ,'forms the basis of all modern science in this subject'. (Quote by Professor Fred Naggs, Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London)

His personal bibliography extends to ten books and 174 scholarly papers.

He was, thus, one of the greatest British explorers ever. Source: 'The K2 Man (and His Molluscs)' my biography (the first one, and authorized by the present G-A family), published by In Pinn, an imprint of Neil Wilson Publishing. Published October 2013. Catherine Moorehead ~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.7.141.183 (talk) 11:17, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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The biographical article is still riddled with errors and omissions. For example, Sir Henry Thomas Godwin did not command the British forces in the first Anglo-Burmese war. But there are quite a number of other, perhaps more important mistakes. How on earth does one get these things corrected? source is my biography of Godwin-Austen: 'The K2 Man', based on family papers and scholarly sources such as the Royal Geographical Society, Bodleian, V & A et al.Katejsm (talk) 10:07, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please see reply on your talk page. Moonraker (talk) 18:28, 26 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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