\nThe life of T. Graham Brown, physiologist and mountaineer <\/p>\n
The Uncrowned King of Mont Blanc by Peter Foster is the biography of scientist
\nand mountaineer Thomas Graham Brown, whose encyclopaedic knowledge of the
\nmountain earned him the soubriquet, and whose achievements in the Alps and
\nGreater Ranges place him at the forefront of British mountaineering between
\nthe two world wars.<\/p>\n
Born in Edinburgh in 1882, Graham Brown first pursued a career in the sciences
\nas a physiologist – his exacting father demanding the highest standards – and
\nthe results of his research, largely unrecognised at the time, now underpin
\ncurrent understanding of the nervous control of movement in animals and man.
\nHis mountaineering career began in earnest after the First World War. From
\nrock climbing in the Lake District he progressed to guided climbs in the Alps,
\nwhere in 1927 he was fatefully introduced to Frank Smythe with whom he made
\nthe groundbreaking first ascents of the Sentinelle Rouge and the Route Major
\non the Brenva Face of Mont Blanc. <\/p>\n
This resulted in an obsession with the mountain and a feud between the pair
\nthat smouldered and flared for twenty years. Ambitious, determined and
\nuncompromising in his views, he never left others feeling neutral: Geoffrey
\nWinthrop Young thought him «a vicious lunatic», yet Charles Houston felt
\ncloser to Graham Brown ‚than almost anyone else I know‘. Graham Brown’s life
\nwas one of turbulence in his career, relationships and in the mountains,
\nwhether on expeditions to Mount Foraker, Nanda Devi and Masherbrum, or most
\nfrequently, the Alps. <\/p>\n
Peter Foster has drawn upon diaries, letters and extensive archival research
\nthat illuminate the highs and lows of Graham Brown’s scientific and climbing
\ncareers, and explores the imbalance between the significance of his
\nachievements and the lack of recognition he received. But, above all, The
\nUncrowned King of Mont Blanc allows one to hear Graham Brown’s voice:
\nquerulous, opinionated and, to the discomfort of his many adversaries, almost
\nalways right. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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