Theodore Howard Somervell 1890 - 1975
- occupation:
- Missionary and mountaineer
- Nationality:
- English; British
- born in:
- Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Surgeon, mountaineer, painter and missionary who was a member of two expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s, and then spent nearly 40 years working as a doctor in India. In 1924 he was awarded an Olympic Gold Medal by Pierre de Coubertin for his achievements in mountaineering (Alpinism).