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Edmund Hillary (Edmund Percival Hillary) was born on 20 July, 1919 in Auckland, New Zealand, is a New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008). Discover Edmund Hillary's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

Popular As Edmund Percival Hillary
Occupation miscellaneous
Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 20 July, 1919
Birthday 20 July
Birthplace Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death 2008
Died Place Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand

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Edmund Hillary Height, Weight & Measurements

At 89 years old, Edmund Hillary height is 6' 2" (1.88 m) .

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Height 6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Who Is Edmund Hillary's Wife?

His wife is Louise Mary Rose (m. 1953-1975) June Mulgrew (m. 1989)

Family
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Wife Louise Mary Rose (m. 1953-1975) June Mulgrew (m. 1989)
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Children 3, including Peter

Edmund Hillary Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Edmund Hillary worth at the age of 89 years old? Edmund Hillary’s income source is mostly from being a successful Miscellaneous. He is from New Zealand. We have estimated Edmund Hillary's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Miscellaneous

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1600

He then became an apiarist with his father and brother Rex; with 1600 hives to attend, thousands of 90 lb (41 kg) boxes of honey comb to handle, and 12 to 100 bee-stings daily.

He kept bees in summer, and concentrated on climbing in winter.

His father also edited the journal "The N.Z. Honeybee" and his mother Gertrude was famous for breeding and selling queen bees.

1836

His grandfather Edmund Raymond Hillary (b. 1836) from Lancashire, England was a watchmaker, who immigrated to northern Wairoa in the mid-19th century.

He married Annie "Ida" Fleming from Ireland having four children.

His maternal great-grandparents, the Clarks, were both from Yorkshire.

1916

His father Percy had served at Gallipoli with the 15th (North Auckland) Regiment, and was discharged "medically unfit" from the Army in 1916; he had married Gertrude after his return to New Zealand.

1917

Ed had a sister June (born 1917) and a brother Rexford Fleming "Rex" (born 1920).

Hillary was educated at Tuakau Primary School and then Auckland Grammar School.

He finished primary school aged 11 or two years early, and at "Grammar" achieved average marks.

1919

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist.

Hillary was born to Percival Augustus "Percy" (1885–1965) and Gertrude (née Clark) (1892–1965) Hillary in Auckland, New Zealand, on 20 July 1919.

1920

His family moved to Tuakau, south of Auckland, in 1920, after Percy was allocated eight acres (3.2 ha) of land there as a returned soldier.

Percy had been a journalist prewar, and soon became founding editor of the weekly Tuakau District News as well as an apiarist.

1935

His mother wanted him to go to a "good school" and he commuted by train, cycling to Tuakau station before 7 am and returning after 6 pm for 3 1⁄2 years (a one-hour and 40 minutes journey each way) until the family moved to Remuera, Auckland in 1935, his last of four years at "Grammar".

He was initially smaller than his peers and shy, and did not enjoy "Grammar", where commuting barred him from after-school activities.

He grew to be 6 ft and gained confidence after taking up boxing.

He became interested in climbing when he was 16 following a 1935 school trip to Mount Ruapehu, after which he showed more interest in tramping than in studying and said he "wanted to see the world".

He then attended Auckland University College, and joined the Tramping Club there.

1938

But in 1938, "after two notably unsuccessful years studying mathematics and science" he gave up on formal education.

In 1938, he went to hear Herbert Sutcliffe, the proponent of a life philosophy called "Radiant Living", with his family.

1939

He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier.

He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a navigator during World War II and was wounded in an accident.

The family all became foundation members, and his mother became its secretary in 1939.

1941

He went to Gisborne as Sutcliff's assistant, and in 1941 sat examinations to become a teacher of Radiant Living, getting a 100% pass mark.

His test lecture was on "Inferiority – cause and cure".

He said of his five-year association with the movement that "I learned to speak confidently from the platform; to think more freely on important topics; to mix more readily with a wide variety of people".

Tenets included healthy eating (the salads that June took to university for lunch) and pacificism.

1951

Prior to the Everest expedition, Hillary had been part of the British reconnaissance expedition to the mountain in 1951 as well as an unsuccessful attempt to climb Cho Oyu in 1952.

1953

On 29 May 1953, Hillary and 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.

1958

As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached the South Pole overland in 1958.

He subsequently reached the North Pole, making him the first person to reach both poles and summit Everest.

1960

Beginning in 1960, Hillary devoted himself to assisting the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust, which he established.

His efforts are credited with the construction of many schools and hospitals in Nepal.

1985

From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal.

Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school.

1995

Hillary had numerous honours conferred upon him, including the Order of the Garter in 1995.

2008

Upon his death in 2008, he was given a state funeral in New Zealand.

2010

Time named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.