Theodore Howard Somervell OBE, FRCS (16 April, 1890 – 23 January, 1975) was a British surgeon, mountaineer, painter and missionary who was a member of two expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s,...ver maisTheodore Howard Somervell OBE, FRCS (16 April, 1890 – 23 January, 1975) was a British surgeon, mountaineer, painter and missionary who was a member of two expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s, and then spent nearly 40 years working as a doctor in India. In 1924 he was awarded an Olympic Gold Medal by Pierre de Coubertin for his achievements in mountaineering.ver menos