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Erskine Hamilton Childers

1905 - 1974

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Erskine Hamilton Childers (11 December 1905 – 17 November 1974) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the president of Ireland from June 1973 to November 1974. He is the only Irish president to have died in office. He also served as Tánaiste and Minister for Health from 1969 to 1973, Minister for Transport and Power from 1959 to 1969, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1951 to 1954 and 1966 to 1969, Minister for Lands from 1957 to 1959 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government and Public Health from 1944 to 1948. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1938 to 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erskine Hamilton Childers is the 14,252nd most popular politician (up from 14,751st in 2019), the 3,549th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,709th in 2019) and the 490th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Erskine Hamilton Childers ranks 14,252 out of 19,576. Before him are Gaius Licinius Stolo, Otto Schily, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas, Bodil Katharine Biørn, and Amr ibn al-Layth. After him are John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, Sames II Theosebes Dikaios, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, Merhotepre Ini, Jüri Ratas, and Galina Starovoytova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Erskine Hamilton Childers ranks 248. Before him are Mikio Oda, Kunio Maekawa, Antonio Berni, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Johannes Käbin, and Walther Müller. After him are Vladimír Holan, Anton Ackermann, Lilí Álvarez, Vera Panova, Franchot Tone, and Ricardo Pérez Godoy. Among people deceased in 1974, Erskine Hamilton Childers ranks 168. Before him are Cora Sandel, Kick Smit, Élie Lescot, Harry Partch, Zaharia Stancu, and Betty Compson. After him are Ned Maddrell, Françoise Rosay, Adolph Gottlieb, Alfred Keller, Sergey Lebedev, and Marie Luise Kaschnitz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Erskine Hamilton Childers ranks 3,550 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander Burnes (1805), Keir Hardie (1856), John Cairncross (1913), Jimmy Murray (1933), Danny Rose (1990), and Peter Phillips (1977). After him are Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), Bernard Sumner (1956), John Alcott (1930), Hereward the Wake (1035), Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402), and Fred Martin (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Erskine Hamilton Childers ranks 490. Before him are John Taylor (1808), Suella Braverman (1980), Jane Marcet (1769), Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), and Keir Hardie (1856). After him are Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1402), Stafford Cripps (1889), Ceol of Wessex (600), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), and William Martin (1767).

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