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Francis Younghusband
Francis Younghusband was a British army officer and explorer of Central Asia. In 1903 and 1904 he led the British expedition to Tibet, which killed hundreds of poorly armed Tibetans at Chumik Shenko, reached Lhasa and imposed a treaty opening Tibet to British trade. He later became president of the Royal Geographical Society and promoted the early Everest expeditions.
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