Edmund Hillary

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explorer human mountaineer philanthropist

Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer best known for being one of the first two people confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary 0 1

Statements (51)

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instanceOf explorer →
human →
mountaineer →
philanthropist →
awardReceived Hubbard Medal →
Knight Bachelor →
Order of New Zealand →
Order of the Garter →
Polar Medal →
causeOfDeath heart failure →
child Belinda Hillary →
Peter Hillary →
Sarah Hillary →
climbed Mount Everest →
commemoratedBy New Zealand dollar →
surface form: New Zealand five-dollar note
countryOfCitizenship New Zealand →
dateOfBirth 1919-07-20 →
dateOfDeath 2008-01-11 →
dateOfEvent 1953-05-29 →
1958 →
educatedAt Auckland Grammar School →
expeditionLeader John Hunt →
familyName Hillary Clinton →
surface form: Hillary
fieldOfWork exploration →
humanitarian work →
mountaineering →
founded Himalayan Trust →
fullName Edmund Hillary self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
givenName Edmund →
hasHonorificPrefix Sir →
knownFor Himalayan mountaineering expeditions →
first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest →
philanthropic work in Nepal →
memberOf 1953 British Mount Everest expedition →
notableWork first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest →
occupation beekeeper →
explorer →
mountaineer →
philanthropist →
participatedIn Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition →
placeOfBirth Auckland →
New Zealand →
placeOfDeath Auckland →
New Zealand →
reached South Pole →
reachedSummitWith Tenzing Norgay →
religion Anglicanism (broadly) →
surface form: Anglicanism
residence Auckland →
sexOrGender male →
spouse June Mulgrew →
Louise Mary Rose →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Everest → firstAscendedBy → Edmund Hillary →
Edmund Hillary → fullName → Edmund Hillary self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
Hubbard Medal → notableRecipient → Edmund Hillary →
Tenzing Norgay → partnerInAchievement → Edmund Hillary →