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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erskine Childers has received more than 23,328 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Erskine Childers is the 15,733rd most popular politician, the 5,025th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 576th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Erskine Childers ranks 15,733 out of 15,577Before him are Kuldip Nayar, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Seán Mac Diarmada, Uri Ariel, Yahya Ould Hademine, and Shelly Yachimovich. After him are Andrea Giani, Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Salim Ahmed Salim, Caleb Cushing, Rufus King, and Ljubčo Georgievski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Erskine Childers ranks 146Before him are Bautista Saavedra, James M. Cox, Henri Bouckaert, Hisashi Kimura, Liberato Marcial Rojas, and Benjamin N. Cardozo.  Among people deceased in 1922, Erskine Childers ranks 121Before him are Lyman Abbott, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Liberato Marcial Rojas, Henry Lawson, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, and Tullio Bozza. After him are Lillian Russell and John Butler Yeats.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Erskine Childers ranks 5,025 out of 7,765Before him are Thomas Lodge (1558), A. Edward Sutherland (1895), Julian Bailey (1961), George Formby (1904), Louise Rayner (1832), and Simon Singh (1964). After him are Steve Hewitt (1971), Brian Kidd (1949), Andrew Morton (1959), Dennis Wise (1966), Claire Williams (1976), and Paul Eddington (1927).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Erskine Childers ranks 576Before him are Nick Clegg (1967), John Ballance (1839), Priti Patel (1972), Edwin Montagu (1879), Nigel Lawson (1932), and William Fox (1812). After him are Walter Rutherford (1857), James McHenry (1753), Jo Cox (1974), Eric Bristow (1957), Vince Cable (1943), and Harry Pollitt (1890).