Winston Churchill

Posted October 2, 2007, 10:43 pm by Growing Bolder


Winston Churchill
Born: Nov. 30, 1874 Died: Jan. 24,1965

Sir Winston Churchill was an English statesman best known as the Prime Minister who led England during World War II in the years 1940 through 1945. Churchill was a politician, a soldier, an artist and one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century.

After the Age of Sixty

At age 66, as Germany was about to invade France, Neville Chamberlain resigned as prime minister, and King George VI tapped Churchill for the position.

At the conclusion of the war, he was soundly defeated and left office.

At age 77, he returned to power as Prime Minister, serving until the age of 80 in 1955.

At age 78, he won the Nobel Prize for literature for his many historical works, including his six-volume history of the Second World War.

At age 78, he received the insignia of the Order of the Garter.

At age 88, he became the first person in history to receive honorary U.S. citizenship by President John F. Kennedy.

Churchill served his country for 69 years from 1895 to 1964, and his countrymen's affection for him has withstood the test of time. In 2002, he was voted the greatest-ever Briton in a BBC poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.



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