“It is so uncertain, whereas the universities in Peru are as old as the universities in the United States.”
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Hiram Bingham III
Hiram Bingham III was an American academic, explorer and politician. In 1911, he publicized the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu which he rediscovered with the guidance of local indigenous farmers. Later, Bingham served as the 69th governor of Connecticut for a single day in 1925—the shortest term in history. He had been elected in 1924 as governor, but was also elected to the Senate…
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Born 19 November 1875 · Died 6 June 1956 · Q237220
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2012· 1 entry
Yale University began returning thousands of these objects to Peru
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2008· 1 entry
The Peruvian government said it had revised previous estimates of 4,000 pieces up to 40,000
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2007· 1 entry
An agreement was made between Yale University and the Peruvian government for the objects' return
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2000· 1 entry
Published “Global Biodiversity Scenarios for the Year 2100” in Science — cited 7,205 times.
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1982· 1 entry
Temple University Press published Char Miller's doctoral dissertation on the Bingham family titled Fathers and sons: The Bingham family and the American mission
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1956· 1 entry
Died 1956-06-06.
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1951· 1 entry
Was appointed Chairman of the Civil Service Commission Loyalty Review Board, an assignment he kept through 1953
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1931· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1931–1933).
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1929· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1929–1931).
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1927· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1927–1929).
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1926· 1 entry
Bingham was reelected to a full six-year Senate term in 1926.
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1925· 4 entries
Career landmark: Governor of Connecticut (1925–1925).
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Now both governor-elect and senator-elect, Bingham served as governor for one day (January 7–8, 1925), the shortest term of any Connecticut governor, before resigning to take his Senate seat.
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Career landmark: United States senator (1925–1927).
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Career landmark: United States senator (1925–1925).
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1924· 2 entries
Bingham was also elected as a Republican to serve in the United States Senate to fill a vacancy created by the suicide of Frank Bosworth Brandegee
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As governor, but was also elected to the Senate and chose that position
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1923· 1 entry
Career landmark: Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1923–1925).
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1922· 2 entries
In 1922, Bingham was elected lieutenant governor of Connecticut, an office he held until 1924.
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Bingham was elected lieutenant governor of Connecticut, an office he held until 1924
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1917· 1 entry
Became an aviator and organized the United States Schools of Military Aeronautics at eight universities to provide ground school training for aviation cadets
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1912· 1 entry
1914, and 1915 with the support of Yale and the National Geographic Society
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1911· 3 entries
Melchor Arteaga led Bingham to Machu Picchu, which had been largely forgotten by everybody except the small number of people living in the immediately neighboring valley
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Publicized the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu which he rediscovered with the guidance of local indigenous farmers
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Bingham found the name Agustín Lizárraga and the date 1902 written in charcoal on one of the walls of the Temple of the Three Windows
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1908· 2 entries
Had served as a delegate to the First Pan American Scientific Congress at Santiago, Chile
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Published an assessment of the field's prospects, "The Possibilities of South American History and Politics as a Field for Research," in which he surveyed library and archival resources in the U
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1907· 1 entry
When Yale sought a replacement for Bourne, who had died an early death, it appointed Bingham as a lecturer in South American history
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1902· 1 entry
Peruvian explorer Agustín Lizárraga led an expedition to the area now known as Machu Picchu
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1898· 1 entry
A degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1900, where he took one of the first courses in Latin American history offered in the United States, and a Ph
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1875· 1 entry
Born 1875-11-19.
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