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- Birth nameJohn Baptist Lucius Noel
- J.B.L. Noel was born on February 26, 1890 in Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for The Epic of Everest (1924), Climbing Mount Everest (1922) and The Conquest of Everest (1953). He died on March 12, 1989 in the UK.
- Grandson of the 2nd Earl of Gainsborough.
- Author of "A Journey to Tashirak in Southern Tibet and the Eastern Approaches to Mount Everest" (as by Major J.B. Noel) (1919), "Through Tibet to Everest" (as by Captain J.B.L. Noel) (1927), and "The Story of Everest" (as by Captain John Noel) (1927).
- Official photographer of the 1922 and 1924 Expeditions to climb Mount Everest.
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