Person DS/UK/3079 Hillary; Sir; Edmund Percival (1919-2008); mountaineer and explorer Hillary Edmund Percival Sir 1919-2008 mountaineer and explorer Male

He was the first man to reach the top of Everest in 1953. He reached the South Pole in 1958 as part of the Comonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes staff 21/12/2018 DERBYSHIRE\71026502 28/05/2020 5f3f1914-0e1d-46f2-b76a-1d013e817efa