biography
pronunciation:
[bingham]
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| lived:
| (1875–1956)
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| biography:
| Explorer and senator, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of an American missionary. He studied South American history, then taught at Yale (1907–24). He explored Latin America during the early 1920s, and is noted for discovering the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu (1911). He was chief of the Air Personnel Division of the Air Service in Washington during World War 1, serving in the same position for the Allied Expeditionary Forces in France. He became the Republican Senator for Connecticut (1924–32) and president of the National Aeronautic Association (1928–34). Becoming ever more conservative over the years, he headed the Civil Service Commission's Loyalty Review Board (1951–3) and forced the dismissal of many government employees. |
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