Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008

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Edmund Hillary (b. July 20, 1919, Auckland, NZ–d. January 11, 2008, Auckland, NZ) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On May 29, 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt.
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creatorOf University of Guelph. Convocation. Bound signature books for citations for recipients of honours given at Convocation, 1977-1983. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. MOVIETONE NEWS, vol. 41, no. 28 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. MOVIETONE NEWS, vol. 41, no. 6 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Ortenburger, Leigh N. Leigh N. Ortenburger papers and photographs, 1929-1996. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Reynolds, Paul Revere, 1864-1944. Records, 1899-1980. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf University of Guelph. Convocation. University of Guelph Convocation and Graduation, Friday, February the fourth, nineteen hundred and eighty-three, two-thirty p.m., War Memorial Hall. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Leigh N. Ortenburger papers, 1929-1996 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording] The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
creatorOf University of Guelph. Dept. of Information. Climbing Everest / interview with Sir Edmund Hillary. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Portraits - Portraits "C" National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Stanford Alpine Club oral history interviews, 1997-2001 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. MOVIETONE NEWS National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Molenaar, Dee. Dee Molenaar papers, 1930-2007. University of Washington. Libraries
referencedIn Don Sturkey Photographic Materials, 1951-2007, (bulk 1951-1989) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. North Carolina Collection.
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. MOVIETONE NEWS, vol. 41, no. 12 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JULY 6] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paul Revere Reynolds Papers, 1899-1980. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Massey-Harris-Ferguson Collection (University of Guelph). M-H-F Administration: Massey-Harris-Ferguson organizational records. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008. Summit. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. MOVIETONE NEWS, vol. 41, no. 19 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn University of Pennsylvania. University Relations. News and Public Affairs. Records, 1912-1993. University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [JUNE 24] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION DEEPFREEZE 111 National Archives at College Park
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alumnusOrAlumnaOf Auckland University College corporateBody
associatedWith Dibner, Bern, person
memberOf Explorers Club corporateBody
founderOf Himalayan Trust corporateBody
associatedWith Massey-Harris-Ferguson Collection (University of Guelph) corporateBody
correspondedWith Molenaar, Dee. person
associatedWith Ortenburger, Leigh N. person
associatedWith Reynolds, Paul Revere, 1864-1944. person
memberOf Royal New Zealand Air Force corporateBody
associatedWith Shipton, Eric, 1907-1977 person
associatedWith Sturkey, Don. person
associatedWith Unger, Arthur person
associatedWith University of Guelph. Convocation. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Guelph. Convocation. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Guelph. Dept. of Information. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Pennsylvania. University Relations. News and Public Affairs. corporateBody
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Auckland E7 NZ
Auckland E7 NZ
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Birth 1919-07-20

Death 2008-01-11

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