Morshead, Henry Treise

• Henry Treise Morshead DSO FRGS

• H.T. Morshead

• Henry T. Morshead

An English surveyor, explorer and mountaineer. He is remembered for several achievements – with Frederick Bailey he explored the Tsangpo Gorge and finally confirmed that the Yarlung Tsangpo flows into the Brahmaputra River after cascading through Himalaya; also he was a member of the 1921 and 1922 British Mount Everest expeditions and in 1922 he climbed to a height of over 25,000 feet (7,600 m). His death was due to murder and the circumstances remain mysterious.

Created: 16 October 2026, C.kKemnitz

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Image: Cropped from photograph of 1921 Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition team members. Taken at 17,300 advanced base camp. Standing (l-r): Wollaston. Howard-Bury. Heron. Raeburn. Sitting (l-r): Mallory. Wheeler. Bullock. Morshead. Published in Howard-Bury, C. K. (1922). In Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 (1 ed.). New York, Longman & Green, page 178), photographer Alexander Frederick Richmond “Sandy” Wollaston (1875 - 3 June 1930) <https://archive.org/stream/mounteverestrec00howa#page/n228/mode/1up from This book>, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75773019