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John Norman Collie, commonly referred to as J. Norman Collie ( September 10, 1859- November 1, 1942) was a highly respected British scientist, mountaineer and explorer. After gaining climbing experience on the Isle of Skye, the Alps, the Caucasus and the Himalayas, he joined the Appalachian Club upon the invitation of Charles Fay , in a summer (1897) of climbing in the Canadian Rockies. From 1898 to 1911, Collie visited the Canadian Rockies five more times, accomplishing 21 first ascents and naming more than 30 peaks. In 1903, Collie and Hugh Stutfield published an authoritative book on the region: Climbs and Explorations in the Canadian Rockies.

Collie also performed important research in the chemistry field, which lead to the first fluorescent light and the taking of the first x-rayIn the NATO phonetic alphabet, X-ray represents the letter X. Rontgen An X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength approximately in the range of 5 pm to 10 nanometers (corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 PHz to 60 EHz). X-ray for diagnosing medical conditions.

Mount CollieMount Collie is a mountain in Yoho National Park, located on the western boundary of the Wapta Icefield. The mountain was named in 1897 by Charles S. Thompson after J. Norman Collie, an accomplished mountaineer and early explorer of the Canadian Rockies. in Yoho National ParkYoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia. Yoho NP is bordered by Kootenay National Park on the southern side and Banff National Park on the eastern sid and Sgurr Thormaid (Norman's Peak) in the Isle of Skye were both named after Norman Collie.

Collie passed away in 1942 from pneumoniaPneumonia is defined as an infection involving the alveoli of the lungs. It occurs in patients of all age groups, but young children and the elderly, as well as immunocompromised and immune deficient patients, are especially at risk. Causal therapy is wit, after falling into Storr Loch on a day of fishing. He is interred in an old graveyard at Struan .

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