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Most people called Edmund Hillary 'Ed'.
Edmund Hillary is called 'Sir' because he was knighted by the Queen in England in 1953 after climbing Mount Everest.
Edmund Hillary is called 'Sir' because he was knighted by the Queen in England in 1953 after climbing Mount Everest.
Sir Edmund Hillary's full name was Sir Edmund Percival Hillary.
Edmund Hillary was called 'Sir' because he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) on 6 June 1953
Edmund's father was called Percival Augustus Hillary.
His full name is Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
Auckland, New Zealand.
His full name is Sir Edmund Percival Hillary.
Sir Edmund Hillary was born on July 20, 1919.
Sir Edmund Hillary died at the age of 95
sir edmund hillary was knighted in the year 1953