Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington

Sir William Martin Conway ( born April 12, 1856 in Rochester, † April 19, 1937 in London) was a British art critic, politician and mountaineer.

Professional and policy

From 1884 to 1887 Conway was a professor of art at the University of Liverpool from 1901 to 1904 and professor of art history at the University of Cambridge. From 1918 to 1931 he was a member of Parliament for the Conservative Party. After he was knighted in 1895, he later became the First Baron Conway of Allington.

Mountaineering

After he climbed a few years in the Alps, he was inducted in 1877 in the Alpine Club, which he was president from 1902 to 1904.

In 1892 he led an expedition to the Baltoro Muztagh area around K2. Other members of the expedition were, inter alia, Charles Bruce, Oscar corner stone and Matthias Zurbriggen. When they came to the confluence of the Baltoro and Godwin - Austen Glacier, Conway is felt reminiscent of the Konkordiaplatz in the Alps or the Place de la Concorde in Paris and have called this place therefore Concordia. Although there were disagreements with corner stone, a new world record in altitude ( about 7000 m) was set up during the expedition. In addition 5180 square miles were mapped. In 1895 he was knighted for this.

Writings

• No Man's Land. A History of Spitsbergen from Its Discovery in 1596 to the Beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country. University Press, Cambridge 1906