FACTOID # 162: You are more likely to be reported as having been killed by lightning in Cuba than in any other country.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     
  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > Frederick Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead

Frederick William Robin Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead (1936 - February, 1985). Smith, the grandson of a British Lord Chancellor, succeeded to the Earldom upon his father's death in 1975. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... February is the second month of the calendar year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...


Writing under his pen name of Robin Furneaux (his courtesy title prior to his father's death) Lord Birkenhead won the Heinemann Award in 1975 for his biography of the antislavery campaigner William Wilberforce. He also was known for his book The Amazon, based on an expedition he made along the South American river in 1968. A courtesy title is a form of address in the British peerage system used for wives, children, and other close relatives of a peer. ... William Wilberforce William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, abolitionist and leader of the parliamentary campaign against the slave trade. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...


He died of a heart attack whilst playing Real Tennis at the Leamington Spa Tennis and Squash Club. Real tennis is the original racket sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis, or tennis, is descended. ... The Royal Pump Rooms and Baths Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa but commonly just Leamington, (pronounced Lemmington — IPA: ) is a spa town in central Warwickshire, in England. ...


The title became extinct upon his death.

Preceded by
Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith		 Earl of Birkenhead Succeeded by
Extinct

Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (7 December 1907–10 June 1975) was a British historian. ... The title of Earl of Birkenhead was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1922. ...

External links

  • New York Times Obiturary

 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.