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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seán Lester has received more than 168,086 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Seán Lester is the 70th most popular diplomat (down from 62nd in 2019), the 3,858th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,484th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Diplomat.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Seán Lester ranks 70 out of 90. Before him are Vatslav Vorovsky, Yasushi Akashi, Max Jakobson, J. Christopher Stevens, Roberto Azevêdo, and Bajrakitiyabha. After him are Richard Armitage, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, Jacques Diouf, Ri Yong-ho, Vasily Nebenzya, and Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Seán Lester ranks 210. Before him are José Eustasio Rivera, Rexhep Mitrovica, Florence La Badie, Sándor Pósta, Grey Owl, and Carlo Agostini. After him are Carlos Scarone, Robert Moses, Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Arthur Berry, Kaarlo Koskelo, and Stefan Mazurkiewicz. Among people deceased in 1959, Seán Lester ranks 166. Before him are Antonio Campolo, José Durand Laguna, Abdul Muis, Edith Clarke, Emil František Burian, and Ivor Bueb. After him are Eero Lehtonen, Leslie Johnson, Peter Platzer, Paul Van Asbroeck, Russell Simpson, and Zakaria Goneim.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Seán Lester ranks 3,858 out of 8,785. Before him are Grey Owl (1888), Curt Smith (1961), Spike Edney (1951), David Burke (1934), Nicholas Grimshaw (1939), and Virginia McKenna (1931). After him are Talulah Riley (1985), Ray Wilkins (1956), John Arthur Jarvis (1872), Paul Radmilovic (1886), Leslie Johnson (1912), and David Richards (1952).

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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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