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'''Michael Phelps Ward''' (1925-2005) was an English [[surgeon]] and an expedition doctor on the 1953 first ascent of [[Mount Everest]] with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]].<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|last1=Perrin|first1=Jim|title=Michael Ward|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/27/guardianobituaries.everest|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> He argued that the conquest of the mountain was a victory for science since doctors had finally figured out how to cope with the physiological effects of high altitude.<ref name="The Los Angeles Times">{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=Valerie J.|title=Michael Ward, 80; Assisted in Everest Climb|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/oct/24/local/me-ward24|publisher=The Los Angeles Times|accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> His archive discoveries a few years earlier helped to make the ascent to the summit possible.<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite web|last1=Fox|first1=Margalit|title=Michael Ward, 80, Doctor on '53 Everest Climb, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/world/europe/michael-ward-80-doctor-on-53-everest-climb-dies.html|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> He was a pioneer in high altitude medicine. He wrote numerous books including ''Everest: A Thousand Years of Exploration''.<ref name="The Himalayan Journal">{{cite web|last1=Rodway|first1=George W.|last2=Windsor|first2=Jeremy S.|title=Pioneer of the High Realm : Michael Ward|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/64/19/pioneer-of-the-high-realm-michael-ward/|publisher=The Himalayan Journal|accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref>
'''Michael Phelps Ward''' (1925-2005) [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] was an English [[surgeon]] and an expedition doctor on the 1953 first ascent of [[Mount Everest]] with [[Sir Edmund Hillary]].<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|last1=Perrin|first1=Jim|title=Michael Ward|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/oct/27/guardianobituaries.everest|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> He argued that the conquest of the mountain was a victory for science since doctors had finally figured out how to cope with the physiological effects of high altitude.<ref name="The Los Angeles Times">{{cite web|last1=Nelson|first1=Valerie J.|title=Michael Ward, 80; Assisted in Everest Climb|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2005/oct/24/local/me-ward24|publisher=The Los Angeles Times|accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> His archive discoveries a few years earlier helped to make the ascent to the summit possible.<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite web|last1=Fox|first1=Margalit|title=Michael Ward, 80, Doctor on '53 Everest Climb, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/world/europe/michael-ward-80-doctor-on-53-everest-climb-dies.html|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref> He was a pioneer in high altitude medicine. He wrote numerous books including ''Everest: A Thousand Years of Exploration''.<ref name="The Himalayan Journal">{{cite web|last1=Rodway|first1=George W.|last2=Windsor|first2=Jeremy S.|title=Pioneer of the High Realm : Michael Ward|url=https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/64/19/pioneer-of-the-high-realm-michael-ward/|publisher=The Himalayan Journal|accessdate=11 January 2018}}</ref>

He was awarded a CBE in 1985.


==References==
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Revision as of 23:11, 4 June 2019

Michael Phelps Ward (1925-2005) CBE was an English surgeon and an expedition doctor on the 1953 first ascent of Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary.[1] He argued that the conquest of the mountain was a victory for science since doctors had finally figured out how to cope with the physiological effects of high altitude.[2] His archive discoveries a few years earlier helped to make the ascent to the summit possible.[3] He was a pioneer in high altitude medicine. He wrote numerous books including Everest: A Thousand Years of Exploration.[4]

He was awarded a CBE in 1985.

References

  1. ^ Perrin, Jim. "Michael Ward". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ Nelson, Valerie J. "Michael Ward, 80; Assisted in Everest Climb". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. ^ Fox, Margalit. "Michael Ward, 80, Doctor on '53 Everest Climb, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. ^ Rodway, George W.; Windsor, Jeremy S. "Pioneer of the High Realm : Michael Ward". The Himalayan Journal. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

Further reading

  • Hunt, John (1953). The Ascent of Everest. London: Hodder & Stoughton. p. 29.