Hiram Bingham IV Born: 17-Jul-1903 Birthplace: Connecticut Died: 12-Jan-1988 Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Religion: Christian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Diplomat Nationality: United States Executive summary: Consul signed visas for 2000 Jews Entered the Foreign Service in 1929. While posted as Vice Consul at Vichy-controlled Marseille, Bingham worked with Emergency Rescue Committee representative Varian Fry by writing visas for 2000 Jews, allowing them to leave France before being deported and escape the Holocaust. Father: Hiram Bingham (US Senator, explorer) Mother: Alfreda Tiffany Mitchell (granddau. of Charles Lewis Tiffany, b. 29-Dec-1874, m. 20-Nov-1900, d. 18-Aug-1967, div., 7 sons) Brother: (six brothers) Wife: Rose Lawton Morrison (m., 11 children)
High School: Groton School (1921) University: BA, Yale University (1925)
US State Department Vice Consul, Argentina (1943?-46) US State Department Vice Consul, Portugal (1941-43?) US State Department Vice Consul, Marseille, France (1937-41) US State Department Third Secretary, London, England (1934)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #4076c (39 cents, issued 30-May-2006, Distinguished American Diplomats)
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