Edmund Percival Hillary (20 de julio 1919, Auckland - 11 de januario 2008) esseva un alpinista neozelandese. Ille es famose pro esser le prime a attinger le cima de Monte Everest (8.850 metros) con le sherpa Tenzing Norgay le 29 de maio 1953. Hillary attingeva in toto dece differente cimas in Himalaya durante viages in 1956, 1960-1961 e 1963-1965. Ille anque participava in le expedition del Confederation Britannic al Polo Sud.
Edmund Hillary |
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Sexo |
mascule |
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Nascentia |
1919-07-20 (Auckland) |
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Decesso |
2008-01-11 (Auckland City) |
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Causa de decesso |
infarcto cardiac |
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Loco de reposo |
Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana[*] |
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Citatania |
Nove Zelanda |
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Educate in |
Auckland Grammar School, University of Auckland[*] |
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Occupation |
explorator[*], philanthropo[*], beekeeper[*], diplomate[*], autobiographo[*], mountaineer[*] |
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Conjuge |
June Hillary[*], Louise Mary Rose[*] |
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Infantes |
Peter Hillary[*] |
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Parentes |
matre Gertrude Clark[*] patre Percival Augustus Hillary[*] |
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Premios |
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire[*], Order 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[*], Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland[*], honorary doctor of the University of Waikato[*], Livingstone Medal[*] |
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Lingua |
anglese |
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Signatura |
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Identificatores |
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ISNI |
0000000108684310 |
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VIAF |
9847762 |
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IMDB |
nm0384804 |
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Commons |
Edmund Hillary |
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