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Seán Lester

1888 - 1959

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Seán Lester (28 September 1888 – 13 June 1959) was an Irish diplomat who was the last secretary-general of the League of Nations from 31 August 1940 to 18 April 1946. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seán Lester is the 69th most popular diplomat (up from 70th in 2019), the 3,789th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,859th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Seán Lester ranks 69 out of 90. Before him are Joseph Grew, Vatslav Vorovsky, Ri Yong-ho, Paul Schmidt, Filippo Grandi, and Edward M. House. After him are Yasushi Akashi, Jacques Diouf, Max Jakobson, Bajrakitiyabha, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, and Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Seán Lester ranks 201. Before him are Maxwell Anderson, Alfred Asikainen, František Langer, Andrea Andreen, Anders Haugen, and Gerhard Ritter. After him are Sándor Pósta, Ronald Knox, José Eustasio Rivera, Kaare Klint, Edward Cook, and Fritz-Hubert Gräser. Among people deceased in 1959, Seán Lester ranks 164. Before him are Jacob Epstein, Maxwell Anderson, Jan Černý, Vitaly Bianki, Oskar Vogt, and Hans Henny Jahnn. After him are Edith Clarke, Gustaf Weidel, Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, Ivan Perestiani, Ivor Bueb, and Peter Platzer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Seán Lester ranks 3,790 out of 8,785. Before him are Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899), Algernon Sidney (1623), Jack Straw (1946), Richard Madden (1986), Jack Goody (1919), and John Hartley (1849). After him are William Frederick Denning (1848), Ashley Williams (1984), Willie Waddell (1921), Taylor Caldwell (1900), Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), and Andrew Davis (1944).

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Among DIPLOMATS In United Kingdom

Among diplomats born in United Kingdom, Seán Lester ranks 5. Before him are Chaim Herzog (1918), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864), and Ernest Mason Satow (1843).

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