John Rooke Corbett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Rooke Corbett
British rock climber
Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1876
Place of Birth: Handforth, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 13-Aug-1949
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About John Rooke Corbett
- John Rooke Corbett (27 September 1876 – 13 August 1949), better known as J.
- Rooke Corbett was one of the founder-members of The Rucksack Club and their Convener of Rambles.
- In the 1920s Corbett compiled a list of hills between 2500 and 3000 feet with a prominence of at least 500 feet.
- It was not published until after his death, when his sister passed it to the Scottish Mountaineering Club.
- It is now well known to Scottish hillwalkers as The Corbetts.
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