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Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 20 July 1919
- Died
- 11 January 2008
- Conflict
- World War II
- Place of birth
- Auckland
- Place of death
- Auckland
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Hillary
- Mother
- Gertrude Clark
- Spouse
- June Hillary, Louise Mary Rose
- Child
- Peter Hillary, Sarah Hillary
- Occupation
- explorer, philanthropist, beekeeper, diplomat, autobiographer, mountaineer
- Position held
- ambassador of New Zealand to Nepal
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Awards
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Garter, Polar Medal, Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu, Patron’s Medal, Padma Vibhushan, Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, 1939–45 Star, Padma Bhushan, New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame, Order of New Zealand
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
- educated at
- Auckland Grammar School, University of Auckland
- has works in the collection
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Edmund Percival Hillary
- participant in
- 1951 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition, 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition, Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
- place of burial
- Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana
- significant event
- first ascent
- sport
- mountaineering
- topic's main category
- Category:Edmund Hillary
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