Douglas Freshfield

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Douglas William Freshfield (London, April 27, 1845 – Forest Row, February 9, 1934) was a British mountaineer and a prominent member of the Royal Geographical Society.

He edited the Alpine Journal from 1872 to 1880.

[edit] Publications

• Italian Alps: Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia, 1875, new ed. 1937
• The Exploration of the Caucasus, London, Edward Arnold, 1896
• 'Round Kangchinjinga (Kangchenjunga)', Alpine Journal, Vol. XX, no. 149, August 1900
• Round Kangchenjunga: A Narrative of Mountain Travel and Exploration, London, Edward Arnold (Publisher to the India Office), 1903. Dedicated to Joseph Dalton Hooker
• The Life of Horace Benedict de Saussure (with the collaboration of F. Montagnier), London, Edward Arnold, 1920
• Below the Snow Line, London, Constable and Co., 1923

[edit] Obituary

Obituary: Mr. Douglas Freshfield - Geographical Journal, Vol. 83, No. 3, March 1934, , pp. 255-6