Sir Edward Oliver Wheeler MC was a Canadian surveyor, mountain climber and soldier.
17 Facts About Oliver Wheeler
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Oliver Wheeler was knighted for the work he did surveying India.
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Oliver Wheeler was an accomplished mountain climber and on the 1921 expedition was one of the team to reach the 7000-metre North Col.
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Edward Oliver Wheeler was the son of a surveyor and renowned alpinist, Arthur Oliver Wheeler a Dominion Land Surveyor, who co-founded the Alpine Club of Canada and mapped British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains and the British Columbia-Alberta border.
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Oliver Wheeler's mother was Clara, daughter of Canadian botanist John Macoun.
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Oliver Wheeler attended Trinity College School where he was chosen Head Boy.
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Oliver Wheeler finished first of his class in all three years at RMC.
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Oliver Wheeler was given a choice of commissions in the British Army.
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Oliver Wheeler became a Royal Engineer and attended the School of Military Engineering in Chatham, UK.
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Oliver Wheeler was Mentioned in Despatches 7 times for actions both in France and Mesopotamia.
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Oliver Wheeler was awarded the Military Cross and a Croix de Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur.
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Oliver Wheeler was one of the climbing team to reach the North Col.
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Oliver Wheeler's son John Oliver Wheeler was an award-winning Canadian geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada.
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Oliver Wheeler rose through the positions of superintendent, director and finally to surveyor-general of India.
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Oliver Wheeler was active with the Alpine Club of Canada.
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From 1950 to 1954, Oliver Wheeler served as president of the Alpine Club of Canada.
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Oliver Wheeler was a life membership of the Alpine Club and a member of the American Alpine Club.