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Harold Holt
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Australian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-1967)
OverviewAI-generated
Harold Edward Holt was an Australian politician, lawyer, and head of government. Born in Stanmore in 1908, he was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia and was educated at Wesley College. He held the positions of Prime Minister of Australia and Treasurer of Australia, working in Canberra. Holt was a male citizen of Australia who spoke English.
Holt received the Order of the Companions of Honour. He participated in the Vietnam War. He had three children. His disappearance on December 17, 1967, was a significant event, and he died on December 19, 1967, from drowning.
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1886
- Works
- 4
Top works
- A birder's guide to Southern California
- Building family foundations
- Building the city of God
- Christian Nurture Series V4
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Active from
- 1947-07-11
- Active to
- 2014-10-19
Discography
- A Love I Can Feel1970
- Holt1971
- Still In Chains1971
- The Paragons & Friends1971
- OK Fred1972
- Pledging My Love1972
- Like a Bolt1973
- The Fabulous John Holt1973
- The Further You Look1973
- 1000 Volts of Holt1973
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 60
- Total plays
- 270
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Harold+Holt">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,568x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,776x
- Overview of the<i>CCP</i>4 suite and current developments
· 2011 · cited 11,950x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,696x
- TopHat2: accurate alignment of transcriptomes in the presence of insertions, deletions and gene fusions
· 2013 · cited 11,182x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Governor general
- Lord Casey
- Deputy
- John McEwen ( de facto )
- Preceded by
- Robert Menzies
- Succeeded by
- John McEwen
- Leader
- Robert Menzies
- Prime minister
- Robert Menzies
- Born
- Harold Edward Holt , ( 1908-08-05 ) 5 August 1908, Stanmore, New South Wales , Australia
- Died
- c.17 December 1967 (1967-12-17) (aged 59), Cheviot Beach , Victoria , Australia (presumed)
- Cause of death
- Drowning (presumed)
- Party
- United Australia (until 1945), Liberal (after 1945)
- Spouse
- Zara Dickins Fell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1946 )
- Relations
- Vera Pearce (aunt)
- Alma mater
- University of Melbourne
- Profession
- Lawyer
- Nickname
- Gunner Holt
- Branch service
- Australian Imperial Force
- Years of service
- 1939–1940
via Wikipedia infobox
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Early life
Member for Fawkner (1935–1949)
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