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Roger Casement
Sign in to saveAlso known as Roger David Casement, Ruairí Dáithí Mac Easmainn, Ruairi Daithi Mac Easmainn, Ruairí Mac Easmainn, Sir Roger Casement
Irish diplomat, activist, nationalist and poet (1864–1916)
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Roger Casement was a male diplomat, writer, poet, and politician who held citizenship in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. A Catholic who wrote in English, he was a member of the Irish Volunteers and participated in World War I. His professional activities included work in Berlin, and his literary output comprised ten works, including *Some Poems*, *Fianna Handbook*, *Trial of Sir Roger Casement* [microform], *Gesammelte Schriften*, and *Crime Against Europe a Possible Outcome of the War Of 1914*.
Born on 1 September 1864, Casement was convicted of treason and executed by hanging to death on 3 August 1916 at HM Prison Pentonville. The execution was carried out by John Ellis. Following his death, his remains were interred at Glasnevin Cemetery, while his body was initially held at HM Prison Pentonville and the Tower of London.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Some Poems
- Fianna Handbook
- Trial of Sir Roger Casement [microform]
- Gesammelte Schriften
- Crime Against Europe a Possible Outcome of the War Of 1914
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1864-09-01 ) 1 September 1864, Sandycove , County Dublin, Ireland
- Died
- 3 August 1916 (1916-08-03) (aged 51), Pentonville Prison , London, England
- Cause of death
- Execution by hanging
- Monuments
- Casement Monument at Ballyheigue Beach Roger Casement Statue at Dún Laoghaire Baths
- Citizenship
- British subject
- Occupations
- Diplomat, poet, humanitarian activist
- Organisation
- British Foreign Office
- Title
- a knighthood for his efforts on behalf of the Amazonian Indians, having been appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1905 for his Congo work.
- Movement
- Irish nationalism Anti-imperialism
- Parents
- Roger Casement (father) Anne Jephson (mother)
- Buried
- Glasnevin Cemetery , Dublin
- Allegiance
- Irish Republic
- Branch
- Irish Volunteers
- Service years
- 1913-1916
- Memorials
- Tralee Casement railway station Casement Aerodrome
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Sandymount
- Place of death
- HM Prison Pentonville
- Occupation
- revolutionary
- Political party
- Irish Volunteers
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Portrait of Roger Casement P557.jpg
- Work location
- Berlin
- Convicted of
- treason
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- place of burial
- HM Prison Pentonville
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- Roger Casement
- date of birth
- 1864-09-01
- date of death
- 1916-08-03
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- Roger Casement
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- place of detention
- Tower of London
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- Roger Casement
- writing language
- English language
- killed by
- John Ellis
- name in native language
- Roger Casement
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Encyclopedic overview
Roger David Casement (Irish: Ruairí Dáithí Mac Easmainn; 1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916), known as Sir Roger Casement, CMG, between 1911 and 1916, was a diplomat and Irish nationalist executed by the United Kingdom for treason during World War I.
He worked for the British Foreign Office as a diplomat, becoming known as a humanitarian activist, and later as a poet and Easter Rising leader. Described as the "father of twentieth-century human rights investigations", he was honoured in 1905 for the Casement Report on the Congo Free State and knighted in 1911 for his important investigations of human rights abuses in the rubber industry in Peru.
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