Edmund Hillary

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  • * Knighted by Queen Elizabeth; became Sir Edmund H.

    • Knighted by Queen Elizabeth; became Sir Edmund HIllary
    • Married Louise Mary Rose

  • Married Louise Mary Rose

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    First man to reach both poles

  • Wife and daughter killed in airplane crash

  • Led group to Ganges River from Himalayas to mouthof R

  • Funded Himalayan trust to finance Humanitarian eff

  • appointed the New Zealand high commissioner to India

  • Married June Mulgrew

  • Peter Hillary (son) climbed Mount E.

  • his picture appeared on NZ $5 bill

  • died of heart failure