| 词条 | Alfred Gregory |
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| name = Alfred Gregory | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Alfred Gregory | birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|2|12|df=y}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|2|9|1913|2|12|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_place = | death_cause = | occupation = Mountain climber, explorer, photographer | spouse = Sue Gregory | parents = | children = }}Alfred Gregory FBIPP, FRPS (Hon) (12 February 1913 – 9 February 2010)[1] was a British mountaineer, explorer and professional photographer. A member of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Everest, he was in charge of stills photography and, as a climbing member of the team, reached 28,000 feet (8,500 metres) in support of the successful Hillary-Tenzing assault on the summit.[2][3] Early lifeGregory was educated at Blackpool Grammar School in England. Before World War II he climbed extensively in the Lake District of England, Scotland and the Alps, and during the 1940s he led several new routes in Britain. During the war he was an officer in the Black Watch, serving in North Africa and Italy. In 1952 he joined Eric Shipton’s Cho Oyu expedition and during the 1950s he led several expeditions to Rolwaling and the Gauri Sankar massif, where 19 peaks were climbed and a plane table survey was made, and to Ama Dablam, Distigil Sar, the Karakoram and the Cordillera Blanca in Peru.[3] PhotographyFor 20 years he worked freelance for Kodak UK, lecturing on photography and presenting his pictures to large audiences throughout Britain and Europe. He spent a lifetime travelling on photographic assignments around the world and his pictures were regularly syndicated to 35 countries. Along with his wife Sue he produced many photojournalistic picture stories through the Tom Blau Camera Press News Agency in London. His work has been exhibited throughout Britain, France, Belgium, America, Africa, Poland and Australia.[4][5] In 2002 they held a joint exhibition at the 80 Gold Street Gallery, in Collingwood, Victoria, with photographs of 'Walls, Doors and Windows'.[6] DeathGregory died "peacefully in his sleep" on 9 February 2010 in Emerald, Victoria, where he spent the last 15 years of his life with wife Suzanne. He was three days shy of his 97th birthday.[7] Publications
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/feb/10/alfred-gregory-obituary|title=Alfred Gregory Obituary|author=Jim Perrin|publisher=The Guardian|date=10 February 2010|accessdate=10 February 2010}} 2. ^Hillary, Edmund, High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest 3. ^1 http://imagingeverest.rgs.org/Units/35.html 4. ^http://website-archive2.nt-online.org/?lid=4203{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.labx.com.au/AlfredGregory.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-09-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908063932/http://www.labx.com.au/AlfredGregory.htm |archivedate=2008-09-08 |df= }} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.goldstreetstudios.com.au/Alfred%20Gregory.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-09-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720060604/http://www.goldstreetstudios.com.au/Alfred%20Gregory.htm |archivedate=2008-07-20 |df= }} 7. ^{{citation|work=Mail Ranges Trader|title=Mountain Man|page=1|date=16 February 2010 | place = Dandenong Ranges|last=Martin|first=Tania}} External links
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