Bingham, Hiram

1831 - Born on the 16th of August in Honolulu.

Enrolled at Williston Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

1853 - He was graduated from Yale University.

1856 - Ordained a Congregationalist minister in New Haven, Connecticut on 9th of November.

         - Bingham married Clara Brewster in Northhampton, Massachusetts.

1857-1864 - Missionary to Gilbert Islands. (Now Kiribati)

1865 - Returned to the United States.

1873-1875 - Missionary to Gilbert Islands.

1877-1880 - Served as Secretary of the Hawaiian Board.

1895 - Yale University awarded him the Doctorate of Divinity.

1908 - He died on 25th of October in Baltimore, Maryland.

Bingham was the first to translate the Bible into Gilbertese.