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A mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist from New Zealand, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE lived from 20 July 1919 to 11 January 2008. Tenzing Norgay and Hillary, two Sherpa mountaineers, were the first climbers to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. They were a part of John Hunt's ninth British Everest expedition. He represented New Zealand as both the High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and the Ambassador to Nepal from 1985 to 1988.
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