Maurice Herzog

 Maurice Herzog

• Birth:    January 15, 1919
  
• Death:    December 12, 2012
  
• Nationality:   Lyon, France
• Education:      HEC Paris
  
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• Books Written
•  Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak
  
• Biography

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.  From Wikipedia