Quote by: Edmund Hillary

My mother was a schoolteacher and very keen that I go to a city school, so although it was fairly impoverished times, I traveled every day to the Auckland Grammar School.

Edmund Hillary

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Author Bio

  • NameEdmund Hillary
  • DescriptionNew Zealand beekeeper and mountaineer
  • BornJuly 20, 1919
  • DiedJanuary 11, 2008
  • CountryNew Zealand
  • ProfessionExplorer; Philanthropist; Beekeeper; Ambassador; Diplomat; Autobiographer; Mountaineer
  • AwardsKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Order Of The Garter; Padma Vibhushan; Polar Medal; Order Of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu