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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Barclay has received more than 208,414 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Edwin Barclay is the 15,405th most popular politician (down from 14,306th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Liberia (down from 12th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Liberian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edwin Barclay ranks 15,405 out of 19,576Before her are Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina, José María Orellana, Letizia Moratti, Gabriel París Gordillo, Louis Rwagasore, and Nobuo Kishi. After her are Alfred Gusenbauer, Lazarus Salii, Leabua Jonathan, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Herbert Lawford, and Jeremiah S. Black.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Edwin Barclay ranks 239Before her are Hugh S. Johnson, Charles Mayer, Pierre Allemane, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Tadas Ivanauskas, and Clarence Kingsbury. After her are Adrianus de Jong, León Cortés Castro, C. E. Ruthenberg, Henry J. Kaiser, Harry Myers, and Albert Coates. Among people deceased in 1955, Edwin Barclay ranks 140Before her are Arturo Coddou, Harry Cobby, Martha Norelius, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Constance Collier, and José Antonio Remón Cantera. After her are James P. Johnson, Giuseppe Domenichelli, Matthew Henson, Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Dimitrios Maximos, and William C. deMille.

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In Liberia

Among people born in Liberia, Edwin Barclay ranks 13 out of 20Before her are Charles D. B. King (1875), Joseph Boakai (1944), William Tubman (1895), Gyude Bryant (1949), Moses Blah (1947), and Ziad Fazah (1954). After her are Amos Sawyer (1945), Ola John (1992), Cheryl Dunye (1966), Sekou Oliseh (1990), Collins John (1985), and Alex Nimely (1991).

Among POLITICIANS In Liberia

Among politicians born in Liberia, Edwin Barclay ranks 10Before her are William Tolbert (1913), Charles D. B. King (1875), Joseph Boakai (1944), William Tubman (1895), Gyude Bryant (1949), and Moses Blah (1947). After her are Amos Sawyer (1945).