Hiram Bingham IV
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| Born | July 17, 1903 |
| Died | January 12, 1988 (aged 84) Salem, Connecticut |
| Education |
Groton School Yale University (1925) |
| Children | Hiram Bingham Thomas Bingham David Bingham John Bingham Robert Kim Bingham Benjamin Bingham William Bingham R. Tiffany Bingham Cecilia Bingham Hanson Abigail Bingham Endicott Margaret Bingham Turner |
| Parent(s) |
Hiram Bingham III Alfreda Mitchell |
Hiram "Harry" Bingham IV (July 17, 1903 – January 12, 1988) was an American diplomat. He served as a Vice Consul in Marseilles, France, during World War II, and, along with Varian Fry, helped over 2,500 Jews to flee from France as Nazi forces advanced.
Bingham was one of seven sons of former Governor of Connecticut and U.S. Senator Hiram Bingham III and his first wife, Alfreda Mitchell, heiress of the Tiffany and Co. fortune through her maternal grandfather Charles L. Tiffany. His father was also the first American to explore the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu. His great-grandfather Hiram Bingham I and grandfather Hiram Bingham II were the first missionaries to the Kingdom of Hawai'i.
Bingham attended the Groton School and graduated from Yale University in 1925.
Bingham served in Kobe, Japan, as a civilian secretary in the United States Embassy. He worked part-time as a schoolteacher. He traveled to India and Egypt before returning to the United States to attend Harvard University. After obtaining his law degree, he scored third in his class on the foreign service exam.
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