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+ | |Elizabeth Watkins |
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+ | |status = deceased-verified |
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+ | |image = Elizabeth_Watkins_10_Mar_70.png|image size=286 |
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+ | |caption = Watkins on her 107th birthday. |
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+ | |sex = Female |
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+ | |nationality = British |
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+ | |nationality2= Northern Irish |
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+ | |birthyr = 1863 |birthplace = Northern Ireland, UK |
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+ | |deathyr = 1973 |deathplace = Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
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+ | }}'''Elizabeth Watkins''' (10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973) was a validated British [[supercentenarian]]. |
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+ | ==Biography== |
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⚫ | Elizabeth Watkins was born in the United Kingdom on 10 March 1863. She is considered by [[Guinness World Records]] to be the world's oldest person in 1973, following the death of [[Alice Stevenson]] on 18 August 1973. She kept the title for about 2 1/2 months before passing away. She resided in Belfast City Hospital from the age of 94 and by 1973 was reported to be "stone deaf". She died on 31 October 1973 at the age of 110 years, 235 days.<ref>Guinness Book of Records 1974</ref> |
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+ | Watkins has been disputed by GRG in "Table C" since 22 April 2018. |
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+ | *[http://www.grg.org/SC/SCindex.html Gerontology Research Group] |
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+ | *[http://www.grg.org/Archives/C.HTM Table C - World's Oldest Person (WOP) Titleholders Since 1955] GRG |
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Revision as of 18:39, 23 November 2019
Elizabeth Watkins | |
Watkins on her 107th birthday. | |
Birth: | 10 March 1863 Northern Ireland, UK |
Death: | 31 October 1973 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
Age: | 110 years, 235 days |
Country: | UK |
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Elizabeth Watkins (10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973) was a validated British supercentenarian.
Biography
Elizabeth Watkins was born in the United Kingdom on 10 March 1863. She is considered by Guinness World Records to be the world's oldest person in 1973, following the death of Alice Stevenson on 18 August 1973. She kept the title for about 2 1/2 months before passing away. She resided in Belfast City Hospital from the age of 94 and by 1973 was reported to be "stone deaf". She died on 31 October 1973 at the age of 110 years, 235 days.[1]
Watkins has been disputed by GRG in "Table C" since 22 April 2018.
References
- ↑ Guinness Book of Records 1974