What is Douglas Hyde?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]] | name = Douglas Hyde | image = Douglas Hyde 2.jpg | order = 1st | office = President of Ireland | taoiseach = [[Éamon de Valera]] | term_start = 25 June 1938 | term_end = 24 June 1945 | predecessor = New office | succeeded = [[Seán T. O'Kelly]] | office1 = [[Seanad Éireann|Senator]] | term_start1 = 27 April 1938 | term_end1 = 4 May 1938 | constituency1 = [[Nominated by the Taoiseach]] | term_start2 = 16 February 1922 | term_end2 = 4 September 1925 | constituency2 = [[National University of Ireland]] | birth_name = Douglas Ross Hyde | birth_date = {{birth date|1860|1|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Castlerea]], [[County Roscommon]], Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1949|7|12|1860|1|17|df=y}} | death_place = [[Little Ratra]], [[Phoenix Park]], [[Dublin]], Ireland | death_cause = [[Pneumonia]] and [[Alzheimer's disease]] | resting_place = Portahard Church Cemetery, [[Frenchpark]], County Roscommon, Ireland | nationality = [[Irish people|Irish]] | party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] | spouse = [[Lucy Kurtz]] {{small|(m. 1893; d. 1937)}} | children = 2 | alma_mater = [[Trinity College, Dublin]] | profession = {{Hlist|[[Academic]]|Irish language activist|[[Politician]]|[[Linguistics|Linguist]]}} | signature = Douglas Hyde Signature.svg |}} '''Douglas Hyde''' (or '''Dubhghlas de hÍde''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://president.ie/index.php/en|title=Welcome - President.ie - President of Ireland|first=Office of the President of|last=Ireland|website=president.ie}}</ref> born January 17, 1860, died July 12, 1949<ref>http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041691/Douglas-Hyde Retrieved on 10 October 2007</ref>) was the first [[President of Ireland]] from 1938 to 1945. He founded the [[Conradh na Gaeilge]], one of the most influential cultural organisations in Ireland. He promoted use of the Irish language, using the Irish spelling of hi