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W. T. Cosgrave

1880 - 1965

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William Thomas Cosgrave (5 June 1880 – 16 November 1965) was an Irish politician who served as the President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1932, Leader of the Opposition from 1932 to 1944, Leader of Fine Gael from 1934 to 1944, founder and leader of Cumann na nGaedheal, from 1923 to 1933, Chairman of the Provisional Government from August 1922 to December 1922, the President of Dáil Éireann from September 1922 to December 1922, the Minister for Finance from 1922 to 1923 and Minister for Local Government from 1919 to 1922. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1921 to 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. T. Cosgrave has received more than 470,106 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). W. T. Cosgrave is the 14,877th most popular politician (down from 14,623rd in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 260th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Irish Politician.

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  • 470k

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  • 47.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 14,877 out of 19,576. Before him are Joaquim Nabuco, Tomás Frías, Princess Marie of Hanover, Philippe Séguin, Benizelos Roufos, and Carlo Petrini. After him are Alberto Zorrilla, Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, Petre P. Carp, Pia Cramling, Sakari Tuomioja, and Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 176. Before him are Dezső Földes, Una O'Connor, George Preca, Johan Jarlén, Josef Gočár, and Ramón Pérez de Ayala. After him are Vlastimil Tusar, Oskar Perron, Ioannis Malokinis, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, Alexandros Chalkokondylis, and Vladas Mironas. Among people deceased in 1965, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 165. Before him are Kōsaku Yamada, Eleanor Farjeon, Sulamith Goldhaber, Charles Sheeler, Ludwig Wrede, and Mikheil Tsereteli. After him are Renzo Minoli, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Carlos Scarone, Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier, Margaret Dumont, and George Călinescu.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 225 out of 549. Before him are Oliver Plunkett (1625), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), Sean Kelly (1956), Liam Cosgrave (1920), John Philip Holland (1840), and Ray McAnally (1926). After him are Finnian of Clonard (470), Rex Ingram (1892), Philip Pettit (1945), Leo Varadkar (1979), Lena Rice (1866), and Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, W. T. Cosgrave ranks 37. Before him are Enda Kenny (1951), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Micheál Martin (1960), Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (1911), James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), and Liam Cosgrave (1920). After him are Leo Varadkar (1979), Garret FitzGerald (1926), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Charles Haughey (1925), Cathal Brugha (1874), and Jack Lynch (1917).

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