Andrew Scott Waugh, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Andrew Scott Waugh

British army officer and Surveyor General of India

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1810

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1878

Profession: engineer, geographer

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh (3 February 1810 – 21 February 1878) was a British army officer and Surveyor General of India who worked in the Great Trigonometrical Survey.
He served under Sir George Everest and succeeded him in 1843.
Waugh established a gridiron system of traverses for covering northern India.
Waugh is credited with naming the peak of Mount Everest.