Robert Erskine Childers

Irish nationalist and author (1870-1922).

Born June 25th, 1870 in Mayfair. [ref]

Died November 24th, 1922 at 52 years old in Dublin (ballistic trauma). [ref]

Occupations
civil servant, novelist, politician, writer

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche