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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 fourth 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erskine Hamilton Childers has received more than 403,396 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Erskine Hamilton Childers is the 14,473rd most popular politician (down from 12,961st in 2019), the 4,060th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,671st in 2019) and the 503rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Erskine Hamilton Childers ranks 14,473 out of 15,577Before him are David Ige, Jüri Ratas, Pak Ui-chun, Michael Häupl, Gisela Arendt, and Antonio Arenas. After him are Han Duck-soo, Ashur-nirari I, Mike Honda, Joaquín Sánchez de Toca, Zlatko Lagumdžija, and Khalid Skah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Erskine Hamilton Childers ranks 288Before him are Erzsébet Schaár, Louis Armand, Pierre Jaccoud, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Robert Newton, and Raymundo Rodríguez. After him are Ray Barbuti, Rodolfo Choperena, Arthur Crudup, Isaac Kashdan, Ernst Stueckelberg, and Andy Devine. Among people deceased in 1974, Erskine Hamilton Childers ranks 194Before him are José Vidal, Ferruccio Novo, Mirdza Ķempe, Katharine Cornell, Þórbergur Þórðarson, and Glenn Morris. After him are Arthur Crudup, Marieluise Fleißer, Clyde Cowan, Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Maturino Blanchet, and Juan Antonio Ipiña.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Erskine Hamilton Childers ranks 4,060 out of 7,765Before him are Nicholas Hooper (1952), Granville Bantock (1868), Charles Blagden (1748), Brian Henton (1946), Alec B. Francis (1867), and Reginald Innes Pocock (1863). After him are Frederick Rolfe (1860), Sidney Robinson (1876), Edith Hannam (1878), Roy Kinnear (1934), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), and John Rupert Firth (1890).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Erskine Hamilton Childers ranks 503Before him are Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Alex Salmond (1954), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), Martin McGuinness (1950), Billy Hughes (1862), and Jack Straw (1946). After him are Andrew Fisher (1862), Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), William Warham (1450), Susie Wolff (1982), Robert Morris (1734), and Ellen Wilkinson (1891).