Robert Erskine Childers
Born: June 25, 1870
Died: November 24, 1922 (aged 52)
Bio: Robert Erskine Childers DSC, universally known as Erskine Childers, was the author of the influential novel The Riddle of the Sands and an Irish nationalist who smuggled guns to Ireland in his sailing yacht Asgard.
Known for:
- The Riddle of the Sands (1903)
- War and the Arme Blanche (1910)
- German influence on British cavalry
- The Framework of Home Rule (1911)
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