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Erskine Childers

1870 - 1922

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Robert Erskine Childers (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), usually known as Erskine Childers (), was an English-born Irish nationalist who established himself as a writer with accounts of the Second Boer War, the novel The Riddle of the Sands about German preparations for a sea-borne invasion of England, and proposals for achieving Irish independence. As a firm believer in the British Empire, Childers served as a volunteer in the army expeditionary force in the Second Boer War in South Africa, but his experiences there began a gradual process of disillusionment with British imperialism. He was adopted as a candidate in British parliamentary elections, standing for the Liberal Party at a time when the party supported a treaty to establish Irish home rule, but he later became an advocate of Irish republicanism and the severance of all ties with Britain. On behalf of the Irish Volunteers, he smuggled guns into Ireland later used against British soldiers in the Easter Rebellion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erskine Childers is the 10,227th most popular politician (up from 16,696th in 2019), the 2,266th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,092nd in 2019) and the 356th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Erskine Childers ranks 10,227 out of 19,576. Before him are Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Minjung of Goguryeo, Suhaila Siddiq, Pomponius Secundus, Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, and Geoffrey II of Villehardouin. After him are Aretas III, Audoin, Viktor Klima, Ilir Meta, Bill Kristol, and Al-Mustakfi I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Erskine Childers ranks 84. Before him are Kitaro Nishida, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Enric Prat de la Riba, Ignacio Zuloaga, Dirk Jan de Geer, and Thomas Byles. After him are Ada Negri, Motobu Chōki, Charles Tournemire, Hilaire Belloc, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, and Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. Among people deceased in 1922, Erskine Childers ranks 60. Before him are Felip Pedrell, Jules Guesde, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Pandita Ramabai, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, and Oscar Hertwig. After him are Nikolai Nebogatov, Dimitrios Gounaris, Max Abraham, Joseph Oller, Luigi Denza, and Michael Mayr.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Erskine Childers ranks 2,266 out of 8,785. Before him are Jimmy Jones (1928), Isabella Beeton (1836), Steve Winwood (1948), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Stephen Morris (1957), and Wilfred Owen (1893). After him are Norman Lamont (1942), Nell Gwyn (1650), Branwell Brontë (1817), Dixie Dean (1907), George Herbert (1593), and Arthur Percival (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Erskine Childers ranks 356. Before him are Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724), Æthelbald of Mercia (700), Prasutagus (50), Lord William Bentinck (1774), and Joe Davis (1901). After him are Norman Lamont (1942), Mary McAleese (1951), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Ernest Bevin (1881), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), and John Morley (1838).

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