Ethel Lang
Ethel Lang (née Lancaster;[1] 27 May 1900[2] – 15 January 2015)[3] was a British supercentenarian and, at the time of her death, the oldest living person in the United Kingdom (after the death of Grace Jones on 14 November 2013),[4] the ninth oldest living person in the world and the second-oldest living person in Europe after Emma Morano.
Ethel Lang | |
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| Born | Ethel Lancaster 27 May 1900 |
| Died | 15 January 2015 (aged 114 years, 233 days) Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England |
| Known for | Oldest living person in the UK between 14 November 2013 and 15 January 2015 |
Lang was born in Worsbrough, near Barnsley, to Charles and Sarah Lancaster. She left school at the age of 13 to work in a shirt factory. She married William Lang in 1922 and their daughter Margaret was born in 1923. Lang's mother lived to the age of 91, and her great-grandmother to the age of 92.[5][6]
Lang was the last living British person to have been born during the reign of Queen Victoria.[7]
References
- ↑ Harston, Katia (1 June 2013). Ethel turns 113 with cake and cuppa. Barnsley Chronicle.
- ↑ "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
- ↑ "Ethel Lang: Oldest British person who was born during reign of Queen Victoria dies aged 114", The Independent, 16 January 2015
- ↑ Barnsley's grand lady Ethel now Britain's oldest person. Barnsley News and Sport. 15 November 2013. http://barnsleynewsandsport.com/2013/11/15/barnsleys-grand-lady-ethel-now-britains-oldest-person/. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Ethel in fine form at 108". The Star. 2 June 2008. http://www.thestar.co.uk/headlines/Ethel-in-fine-form-aged.4141452.jp. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ↑ Ethel turns 110. Barnsley Town Talk. 28 May 2010. http://www.barnsley.towntalk.co.uk/news/d/14737/Ethel-Turns-100/. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ↑ Sutton Valence woman Vera Pigott marks 109th birthday at North Street care home to become one of Kent's oldest people