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  Hiram Bingham
Hiram Bingham was born on November 19, 1875 in Honolulu, Hawaii and was descended from Deacon Thomas Bingham, who had come to the American colonies in 1650 and settled in Connecticut.
Bingham attained his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1905 and then spent one year as a Preceptor at Princeton University.
Bingham was a member of the Royal Geographical Society and the National Geographical Society.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/abcde/bingham_hiram.html   (562 words)

  
 Hiram Bingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hiram Bingham is the name of several people.
Hiram Bingham, missionary to the Kingdom of Hawai'i
Hiram Bingham II, missionary to the Kingdom of Hawai'i
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hiram_Bingham   (137 words)

  
 Machu Picchu : In Depth : Bingham, The "Discoverer" of Machu Picchu | Frommers.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hiram Bingham is credited with the "scientific discovery" of Machu Picchu, but, in fact, when he stumbled upon the ruins with the aid of a local campesino, he didn't know what he'd found.
Bingham was in search of Vilcabamba the Old, the final refuge of seditious Inca Manco Cápac and his sons, who retreated there after the siege of Cusco in 1537.
Bingham took some 11,000 pictures of Machu Picchu on his second visit in 1912 and eventually removed more than 45,000 artifacts for study in the U.S. (with the permission of the Peruvian government under the agreement that they would be returned to Peru when there was a suitable place for their storage and continued study).
www.frommers.com /destinations/machupicchu/2878027658.html   (731 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Hiram Bingham, 1875–1956, American archaeologist, historian, and statesman (Archaeology, Biography) ...
Bingham headed archaeological expeditions sent from Yale in 1911, 1912, and 1914–15 to South America and investigated the Inca ruins of Vitcos and Machu Picchu in 1911 and 1912, bringing them to the attention of the outside world for the first time.
Bingham incorrectly identified Machu Picchu as the "lost city" of Vilcabamba, the final stronghold of the Inca leader Manco Capac against the Spanish, which was finally destroyed in 1572.
Ironically, Bingham was the first modern explorer to reach Espiritu Pampa, located c.60 miles (110 km) east of Machu Picchu, a site now recognized by most experts as the actual remains of Vilcabamba.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/BinghmHGson.html   (393 words)

  
 YAM December 2002 - Secrets of the Temple
Bingham, Class of 1898, was already known as a fearless explorer who had braved sheer cliffs, rickety footbridges, bandits, tropical diseases, and poisonous snakes in earlier journeys through South America.
Bingham's destination was a ridge rumored to contain interesting ruins built by the Inca, a native people whose rule over an empire that stretched from Colombia to Chile was ended in the 16th century by Spanish conquistadors.
But when Bingham finished his ascent and scanned a broad plateau spread out before him, he thought he'd found that fabled "lost city." Although much of the area was hidden underneath nearly four centuries worth of trees and vines, the explorer soon spotted stonework "as fine as the finest.
www.yalealumnimagazine.com /issues/02_12/machupicchu.html   (1798 words)

  
 Bingham
Bingham (1905-1998) Written by his son Alfred M. Bingham, this biography conveys the ambitious, multifaceted personality of Hiram Bingham III, the explorer who rediscovered the lost Inca ruins of Machu Picchu.
The son and grandson of New England missionaries in the Pacific, Hiram Bingham was raised to carry on the family tradition within the church.
Bingham was born into a missionary family in Hawaii, married the heiress to the Tiffany fortune, and in 1911 set off to make a name for himself, hoping to find the lost city of the Incas.
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Hiram Bingham was born in 1875 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Hiram Bingham thought that Machu Picchu was built as final fortress for the last Inca Emperor.
In 1925 Hiram Bingham was elected Governor of Connecticut.
www.ctspanish.com /tyl/incas/manchu2.htm   (128 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1921-1940 > Senator Censured in Lobbyist Case
When former Senator Hiram Bingham died in 1956, one obituary writer observed that the Connecticut Republican, "had crammed [many] careers into his lifetime, any one of which might have sufficed for most men." Over the course of his eighty years, Bingham had been a scholar, explorer, aviator, businessman, and politician.
When an ongoing Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigation discovered this arrangement, Bingham defended it by saying that the association's lobbyist was not the kind who visited members "trying to get them to do something they did not want to do." The subcommittee condemned this relationship, but recommended no formal Senate action.
Bingham, Alfred M. Portrait of an Explorer: Hiram Bingham, Discoverer of Machu Picchu.
www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/minute/Senator_Censured_In_Lobbyist_Case.htm   (459 words)

  
 The Independent (London, England): Hiram Bingham's lost property; This American adventurer first set eyes on the Inca ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hiram Bingham's lost property; This American adventurer first set eyes on the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu 90 years ago this week.
In a tale that has become famous, not least because he told it so often himself, the American explorer Hiram Bingham arrived in the Peruvian Andes in 1911 to find that a new mule trail had been blasted from Cusco down towards the Amazon.
According to Bingham, he wandered almost by chance along this new route and on 24 July was directed by a local Indian to take a look from the top of a nearby hill.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:76675583&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (287 words)

  
 UNITED NATIONS HONORS HIRAM BINGHAM IV
Hiram Bingham IV, Salem's "Schindler," will be among the honored diplomatic WWII heros who courageously saved thousands of lives from the Holocaust by quietly writing false "visas for life" and planning and implementing escapes from Europe.
Hiram Bingham IV's will be one of 15 diplomat stories on display, with 10 enlarged photographs and five text panels at the UN exhibit.
Editor's Note: Robert Kim Bingham is an attorney at the US Department of Justice in Hartford, who lives in Salem, Connecticut with his wife Anne Fairfax, and is a proud son of Hiram Bingham IV.
pages.cthome.net /WWIIHERO/un.html   (874 words)

  
 HIRAM BINGHAM IV, WWII HOLOCAUST HERO, BY ROBERT KIM BINGHAM, ESQ., SON OF HIRAM BINGHAM IV
Hiram Bingham IV, of Salem, Connecticut (who is the son of Hiram Bingham III, the explorer who discovered Machu Picchu in Peru in 1911) died in 1988 at age 84.
Bingham responded in his own humane and righteous way for the good of our nation perhaps at a time when his superiors were giving orders that went against that good land we should be,'' she said.
Hiram Bingham is now dead, but not long ago I was in touch with his son [Kim], who informed me that the State of Israel had recognized in a ceremony the help that Hiram Bingham had given to many Jewish intellectuals and artists trapped in France in 1940.
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 Spirits of the Earth Welcome You to Machu Picchu
Hiram Bingham, went down the Urubamba Valley asking for reports as to the whereabouts of some ruins.
Bingham explained to the native that he was looking for Victos and the man told him that on top of the magnificent precipices nearby there were some ruins at a place called Machu Picchu, and that there were others still more inaccessible at Huayna Picchu, on a peak not far distant from the camp.
Hiram Bingham was not convinced that Machu Picchu was what he was looking for, and a few hours later he left Machu Picchu to return a year later when he finally understood that indeed this cidatel was the largest and the most important ruin discoved in South America since the days of the Spanish conquest.
www.v-j-enterprises.com /machu.html   (773 words)

  
 Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5
The image approximates far more to Hiram Binghamís own rhapsodical description of when he was first shown this building by the small boy who was his guide: ëSuddenly, without any warning, under a huge overhanging ledge, the boy showed me a cave beautifully lined with the finest cut stone.
Bingham was to write a 7000 word article on Machu Picchu for the magazine, to be illustrated with a substantial amount of photographs.
Bingham had included Carrasco more to give a human scale to the buildings than to commemorate his presence, and the police sergeantís lugubriously uninterested expression does nothing for the composition.
www.adventurespecialists.org /camera.html   (4250 words)

  
 Hiram College - Athletics
A 1998 graduate of Hiram with a Bachelor's degree in Biology, Bingham played on three Ohio Athletic Conference championship teams, including the 1995 squad which reached the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Division III National Tournament.
Bingham was named to the All-Ohio and All-Mideast Regional teams in 1996 and 1997 and was an the school's Clyde A. Lamb award recipient in 1998.
In addition to his duties at Hiram, Bingham is an aquatics biologist for Enviroscience, Inc. in Stow, Ohio, and is also an assistant coach with the GFS Soccer Club.
www.hiram.edu /athletics/menssports/soccer/coaches.html   (619 words)

  
 Hiram Bingham's Story Machu Picchu Lost City of the Incas, Peru, Labyrinthina!
Hiram Bingham, now world-famous as the discoverer of Machu Picchu, did not initially travel to South America to explore the land of the Incas.
Bingham was then told that the ruins he sought were close by and he was given a guide, the 11-year old Pablito Alvarez, to lead him there.
Bingham himself found two families living at the ruins and was led to the main plaza by a young boy.
www.labyrinthina.com /bingham.htm   (1653 words)

  
 Wired 3.08: How Do You Say Computer in Hawaiian?
Bingham is leader of a group of New England Calvinist missionaries who have come to the Polynesian chain with one express purpose: to stamp out paganism.
To this end, Bingham is bracing for a formidable task, one that will take him and his seven accomplices 16 years to achieve: translating the Bible into Hawaiian.
Bingham's Bible project will be no cakewalk: Hawaiian - a poetic Polynesian tongue with few parallels to English - has never been consigned to letters.
www.wired.com /wired/archive/3.08/hawaii.html   (717 words)

  
 Search Results for "Hiram"
...Bingham, Hiram, 1831–1908, American Congregationalist missionary, 1831-1908, American Congregationalist missionary, b.
...Bingham, Hiram, 1875–1956, American archaeologist, historian, and statesman, 1875-1956, American archaeologist, historian, and statesman, b.
Hiram, Ohio; son of President James A. Garfield.
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 NewsScan Publishing Inc. - NewsScan Daily Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
From 1909 until 1924 Bingham was a member of the history faculty at Yale University, and in 1911 he led a Yale organized archaeological expedition with the express purpose of locating Machu Picchu, the mountain fortress the Incas had built four centuries earlier to hide from the Spanish conquistadors.
Bingham was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, a third-generation descendent of a prominent missionary family serving in several Pacific Islands as ministers and Bible translators.
Bingham earned college (Yale) and graduate degrees (University of California, Harvard) in Latin American History, which he then taught at Yale University from 1907 until 1923.
www.newsscan.com /cgi-bin/findit_view?table=honorary_subscriber&id=825   (517 words)

  
 Szirine Magazine - Peru - Charlene Caprio, Hiram Bingham and his Discovery of Machu Picchu (2003-10-26) - literary ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bingham searched for Vilcabamba because it was believed that the Incas brought their treasures there for final safekeeping.
Bingham’s colleagues declined to venture up through the thick bush, as it seemed very likely that the man was exaggerating.
Bingham also surmised that presentation nooks or ‘holes’ in the walls of the Temple of the Sun meant that the most prized relics of the Incas must have been brought there for display.
www.szirine.com /countrytemplate.php?id=9   (1842 words)

  
 Invitation to the Hiram Bingham IV Debate
When Bingham IV's actions had began to annoy the Vichy Government, the United States was informed about it and because of the desire of the United States to maintain good relationships with the Vichy Government, Bingham IV was transferred from the Marseille post to a nearby post in Portugal.
Another factor that cannot be ignored in attempting to understand the enigmatic Bingham IV, is the fact that he most certainly attributed his misfortunes in life to the Holocaust itself and this, in addition, may have been a contributing factor in understanding why Bingham IV upon his return from Marseille became also a Holocaust denier.
Bingham's father have long been recognized as belonging to our true national hero, Varian Fry --the only American to be honored by the State of Israel with the "Righteous Among the Nations" title, and the only American honored by the US Consulate in Marseille with naming its plaza after his name.
isurvived.org /2Bingham-IV_Case/00-BIV-invitation2debate.html   (1702 words)

  
 PeruRail Introduces The   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
allows Hiram Bingham passengers the advantage of entering the Sanctuary at an hour when the majority of visitors are already beginning to leave for their journey back to Cuzco to arrive in time for dinner.
Thus, Hiram Bingham passengers will not only have the opportunity to experience the ruins at Machu Picchu in relative solitude, but will have a longer period of time there, returning to the luxury train only as the sun goes down.
Taking the Hiram Bingham service means passengers can focus their attention and energy on what matters most, content in the knowledge that the logistical details of the day's trip have been taken care of by PeruRail.
www.travelcentre.com.au /Puddingshop/Rail/perurail.htm   (462 words)

  
 HISTORY OF MACHU PICCHU - Hiram Bingham - MACHUPICCHU PERU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hiram Bingham, a descendant of missionaries, was the person responsible for the discovery of Machu Picchu for the modern world and science.
Years previously, Bingham had been interested in the Indian legends about the llacta of Vitcos or Viticos, the rebel Incas' last refuge from the Spaniards in the jungle of Vilcabamba, epically narrated by the chroniclers of that time.
Nevertheless, his appetite whetted by this first discovery, Bingham returned to the U.S. to collect funds for further exploration, obtaining support from the National Geographic Society and the University of Yale, as well as some funds contributed by family and friends.
www.enjoy-machu-picchu.org /history-information-machu-picchu-discovery1.php   (430 words)

  
 Hiram --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hiram maintained friendly relations with Israel, supplying Solomon with men and materials for the construction of the Temple at Jerusalem and cooperating with him in Mediterranean and Red Sea trading voyages.
Born on Oct. 1, 1907, in Honolulu, Hawaii, he was the deputy attorney for the city and county of Honolulu and served in the Hawaii House of Representatives.
Hiram Rhoades Revels was born on Sept. 27, 1822, in Fayetteville, N.C. He was ordained a minister in the African Methodist Church in 1845 and later recruited fl troops during the American Civil War.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9040553?tocId=9040553&query=tyre   (595 words)

  
 ACAP - The American and Canadian Association of Peru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hiram Bingham lived in Connecticut, he and his family summered in New London, he explored Peru, and he even discovered Machu Picchu.
Bingham began gathering support for another expedition to climb this peak, but was quick to realize that he was not a mountain climber and that this was not enough to entice sponsors.
She wrote Hiram, inviting him to join her expedition and share the accomplishment, but he would have nothing to do with her.
acap-peru.org /newsletter/august_2005/august2005_11a.htm   (1177 words)

  
 The Hiram "Harry" Bingham IV Case -->VI. Concluding Statement
Just because Bingham IV was not a hero of the Holocaust, this in itself should not be a ground for disqualification.
The novel situation that the Bingham IV case presents is with respect to Bingham IV's horrendous transformation into a hater of Jews and a Holocaust denier due to his misfortunes in life.
On March 7, 2005, Yad Vashem rejected the "hero" status and the petition for the late Vice-Consul Hiram Bingham IV to be awarded with the "Righteous Among the Nations" title.
isurvived.org /2Bingham-IV_Case/06-BIV_Conclusion.html   (804 words)

  
 Hiram Bingham Biography / Biography of Hiram Bingham Main Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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Hiram Bingham (1875-1956)was an American explorer who discovered the famous Inca ruins of Machu Picchu and other important Inca sites.
Hiram Bingham was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on November 19, 1875, the son of retired missionaries from an old Hawaiian family.
www.bookrags.com /biography-hiram-bingham   (235 words)

  
 PeruRail - Exploring the Land of the Incas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hiram Bingham consists of two dining cars, a bar car and kitchen car.
The cost for a journey aboard the Hiram Bingham during 2005 is US $476 for the round trip.
The Hiram Bingham package includes an entrance ticket to the Machu Picchu ruins, and these must be used on the first day.
www.lobby-bar.com /web/tper/tper_luxurytravel_questions.jsp   (878 words)

  
 Powell's Books - Lost City of the Incas: The Story of Machu Picchu and Its Builders by Hiram Bingham
A special illustrated edition of Hiram Bingham's classic work captures all the magnificence and mystery of the amazing sites he uncovered.
Early in the 20th century, Bingham ventured into the wild and then unknown country of the Eastern Peruvian Andes--and in 1911 came upon the fabulous Inca city that made him famous: Machu Picchu.
Hiram Bingham set out to find the legendary city of Vilcabamba, but stumbled on the ruins of Machu Picchu, perched on a ledge 2000 feet above the Urumbamba River.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-0297607596-0   (327 words)

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