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Andrew Scott Waugh

British army officer and Surveyor General of India

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Andrew Scott Waugh: British army officer and Surveyor General of India
Major General Sir Andrew Scott Waugh was a British army officer and Surveyor General of India who worked in the Great Trigonometrical Survey. He served under Sir George Everest and succeeded him in 1843. Waugh established a gridiron system of traverses for covering northern India. Waugh is credited with naming the peak of Mount Everest.

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