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Surname
Hillary
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Edmund Percival
Pre Title
Sir
Epithet
mountaineer and explorer
Dates
1919-2008
Gender Identity
Male
History
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.
Authorised Form of Name
Hillary; Sir; Edmund Percival (1919-2008); mountaineer and explorer
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