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Edwin Barclay

1882 - 1955

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Edwin James Barclay (5 January 1882 – 6 November 1955) was a Liberian politician, poet, and musician who served as the 18th president of Liberia from 1930 until 1944. He was a member of the True Whig political party, which dominated the political governance of the country for decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Edwin Barclay is the 15,657th most popular politician (down from 15,395th in 2024), the 12th most popular biography from Liberia (up from 13th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Liberian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edwin Barclay ranks 15,657 out of 19,576. Before her are Bahriye Üçok, José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle, Ahmad Zia Massoud, Germanos III of Old Patras, William Cockburn, and Giorgos Kaminis. After her are Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Guillermo Tell Villegas, Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Henning Christophersen, Maleeha Lodhi, and Fabián Alarcón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Edwin Barclay ranks 246. Before her are Oswald Holmberg, Helena Kottler Vurnik, León Cortés Castro, Geoffrey de Havilland, Paul Günther, and Georg Jacoby. After her are Axel Sjöblom, Nevile Henderson, Juan Guevara, Margaret Dumont, Robert G. Vignola, and Milton Sills. Among people deceased in 1955, Edwin Barclay ranks 146. Before her are Luís de Freitas Branco, James P. Johnson, David Carstens, Dimitrios Maximos, André Rischmann, and Luis Otero. After her are Shemp Howard, John Hodiak, Arturo Coddou, William C. deMille, John Fenning, and Einar Arnórsson.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, Edwin Barclay ranks 12 out of 20. Before her are Samuel Doe (1951), Leymah Gbowee (1972), William Tubman (1895), Charles D. B. King (1875), Moses Blah (1947), and Gyude Bryant (1949). After her are Ziad Fazah (1954), Amos Sawyer (1945), Jewel Taylor (1963), George Scott (1966), Christopher Wreh (1975), and Cheryl Dunye (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In Liberia

Among politicians born in Liberia, Edwin Barclay ranks 10. Before her are Joseph Boakai (1944), Samuel Doe (1951), William Tubman (1895), Charles D. B. King (1875), Moses Blah (1947), and Gyude Bryant (1949). After her are Amos Sawyer (1945), and Jewel Taylor (1963).

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