percival |
hillary | (n) New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919), Syn. Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary |
lowell | (n) United States astronomer whose studies of Mars led him to conclude that Mars was inhabited (1855-1916), Syn. Percival Lowell |
wavell | (n) British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950), Syn. Archibald Percival Wavell, First Earl Wavell |