Hiram Bingham

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academic explorer human politician

Hiram Bingham was an American explorer and academic best known for bringing international attention to the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in the early 20th century.

Aliases (2)

Hiram Bingham III ×49
Hiram Bingham Jr. ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → explorer → human → politician →
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1875-11-19 →
dateOfDeath	1956-06-06 →
discovered	Machu Picchu (to the outside world) →
educatedAt	Harvard University → University of California, Berkeley → Yale University →
employer	Yale University →
explored	Urubamba Valley → Vilcabamba region →
familyName	Bingham →
father	Hiram Bingham II →
fieldOfWork	Latin American history → South American exploration →
givenName	Hiram →
heritage	American of missionary descent →
knownFor	bringing international attention to Machu Picchu → explorations in Peru → work on Inca archaeology →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party (United States) →
militaryRank	lieutenant colonel →
notableStudentOrTrainee	students of Latin American history at Yale University →
notableWork	Lost City of the Incas →
occupation	academic → explorer → historian → politician → university professor →
participantIn	World War I →
placeOfBirth	Honolulu → Kingdom of Hawaii →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
positionHeld	Governor of Connecticut → United States Senator from Connecticut → lecturer in South American history → professor at Yale University →
religion	Protestantism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Alfreda Mitchell →
workLocation	New Haven, Connecticut → Peru →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bingham family ("Hiram Bingham III") → Bingham family ("Hiram Bingham Jr.") →	hasNotableMember
Room of the Three Windows ("Hiram Bingham III") →	discoveredBy
Machu Picchu →	rediscoveredBy