Editing George Everest (section)

==Sir George Everest house in Mussoorie, India==
[[File:George everest house.jpg|right|thumb|Park House from above]][[File:Park House 17b.jpg|thumbnail|left|Sir George Everest's House and Laboratory, also known as Park House]]
Everest owned a house in [[Mussoorie|Mussoorie, India]] for about 11 years.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nigam |first1=Devesh |title=Tourism, environment, and development of Garhwal Himalaya |date=2002 |publisher=Mittal Publications |location=New Delhi, India |isbn=81-7099-870-0 |page=54 |edition=1.}}</ref> He purchased it, sight unseen, from General William Sampson Whish (1787–1853).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Phillimore |first1=Reginald |title=Stokes' School, Mussoorie |journal=The Indian Archives |place=New Delhi|publisher=[[National Archives of India]]|date=July 1955|publication-date=December 1955|volume=IX |issue=2 |page=101}}</ref> Built in 1832, the house is known today as Sir George Everest's House and Laboratory, or Park House. The house is in Park Estate about {{convert|6|km|mi|0}} west of Gandhi Chowk / Library Bazaar (the west end of Mall Road in Mussoorie). The location has panoramic views of the [[Doon Valley]] on one side and the Aglar River valley and the [[Himalayan Range]] to the north. After renovation at a cost of [[Rupee|Rs]] 23.71 [[crore]], the house was opened as a museum in December 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jain |first1=Anmol |title=Renovated Sir George Everest House in Mussoorie opens to public |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/renovated-sir-george-everest-house-in-mussoorie-opens-to-public/articleshow/88151580.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=8 December 2021}}</ref>