Hiram Bingham I | |
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Died | November 11, 1869 New Haven, Connecticut, USA | (aged 80)
Alma mater | Middlebury College |
Occupation(s) | Missionary, writer, translator, royal advisor |
Known for | converting the Kingdom of Hawaii to Christianity and serving as Kawaiahaʻo Church's first pastor |
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Children | Hiram Bingham II, and six others |
Parent(s) | Calvin and Lydia Bingham |
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Hiram Bingham, formally Hiram Bingham I (October 30, 1789 – November 11, 1869), was leader of the first group of American Protestant missionaries to introduce Christianity to the Hawaiian Islands. Like most of the missionaries, he was from New England.