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Dawson Stelfox

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James Dawson Stelfox is an architect from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who also became the first person from Ireland to climb Mount Everest. Born in Belfast in 1958, he began studying architecture at Queen's University Belfast in 1976. His first job was with the conservation architects Consarc, which he rejoined in 1995 and chaired from 2002, and in May 2008 he was elected president of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects. In 1993 he led the Irish Everest expedition, whose climbers came from both jurisdictions on the island, and reached the summit by the North Ridge on 27 May 1993. He has served as president and board member of Mountaineering Ireland.

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1958 1
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Male 1
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Mountaineering, Sports
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is an architect from Belfast, Northern Ireland
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1. Dawson Stelfox (Wikipedia)
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    He was born in Belfast in 1958
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    is an architect from Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Plays: Mountaineering, Mountaineering
    When he reached the peak of Everest via the North Ridge on 27 May 1993 he became the first person from Ireland to do so
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