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Eric Williams

1911 - 1981

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Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1956, to independence on 31 August 1962, and republic status on 1 August 1976, leading an unbroken string of general elections victories with his political party, the People's National Movement, until his death in 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Williams has received more than 634,604 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Eric Williams is the 15,129th most popular politician (down from 13,446th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (down from 17th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Trinidadian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eric Williams ranks 15,129 out of 15,577. Before her are William R. Day, Sumitra Mahajan, Valeria Ciavatta, Syarhey Rumas, Ruth First, and Emil Jónsson. After her are George Hearst, Michael Manley, John J. Sullivan, Rand Paul, Pia Cramling, and Ann Richards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Eric Williams ranks 316. Before her are Georg Dascher, Paul Grégoire, Garrett Birkhoff, Maurice Perrin, John Gorton, and Terence Rattigan. After her are Dudley Senanayake, Basil Dearden, Harry Golombek, Alf Martinsen, Frithjof Ulleberg, and Ellsworth Vines. Among people deceased in 1981, Eric Williams ranks 227. Before her are Paolo Mazza, Bronisław Malinowski, Cuth Harrison, Ivan Udodov, Howard Hanson, and Morris Kirksey. After her are Alexey Okladnikov, Ann Harding, Pierre Korb, Louise Lorraine, Yip Harburg, and Carl Knowles.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Eric Williams ranks 19 out of 64. Before her are Steven Pressfield (1943), Keith Rowley (1949), Geoffrey Holder (1930), Stephen Mallory (1813), C. L. R. James (1901), and Anthony Carmona (1953). After her are Lorraine Toussaint (1960), Hasely Crawford (1950), Marian Marsh (1913), George Padmore (1903), Anthony Nesty (1967), and Patrick Manning (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among politicians born in Trinidad and Tobago, Eric Williams ranks 6. Before her are Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), George Maxwell Richards (1931), A. N. R. Robinson (1926), Keith Rowley (1949), and Anthony Carmona (1953). After her are Patrick Manning (1946), Kamla Persad-Bissessar (1952), Ellis Clarke (1917), Noor Hassanali (1918), and Basdeo Panday (1933).

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