Hiram Bingham I
Hiram Bingham I | |
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| Born | October 30, 1789 |
| Died | November 11, 1869 (aged 80) New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| 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 the 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.