Examples of 'was his successor' in a sentence

Meaning of "was his successor"

was his successor - This phrase indicates that someone took over a position, role, or title previously held by another person

How to use "was his successor" in a sentence

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was his successor
Weaver was his successor.
As a matter of course Beza was his successor.
Mokal was his successor.
On the march they learned that Galba was dead and Otho was his successor.
Crates was his successor in the Academy.
Future minister Gillian Shephard was his successor.
Kathleen Ruff was his successor in the final season.
He was enormously helpful in the preparation of my report, as was his successor.
Don Ambrocio was his successor as capitan municipal.
A federal investigator assigned to the case was murdered ; a month later, so was his successor.
His son Henry was his successor.
Two years later, when his father retired as chairman of UOB, Wee was his successor.
Jules Brévié was his successor as head of the AOF.
The Roman Emperor Trajan was caught in the earthquake, as was his successor Hadrian.
Saint Owen was his successor.

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Where was his successor Mullah Akhtar Mansour found and killed by foreign forces?
John Cartier was his successor.
Reilingh was his successor of the same department: Social Geography and Land Description.
Pierre Dreyfus was his successor.
Last year of a heart attack and HAN Sang-joon, his first son, was his successor.
Salme was wounded and so was his successor Jean Sarrazin.
Mahmoud Abbas, far less enamored of violence than the blood-soaked Arafat, was his successor.
His youngest son Samuel was his successor and later a Member of Parliament.
His daughter, Hilary Armstrong, was his successor.
Gordon Muortat Mayen was his successor as the leader of the Anyanya.
His uncle, Olaf Rognvaldsson, was a bishop and Gottskalk was his successor.
Didius Julianus was his successor as Caesar.
Philip 's son by Isabella of Hainaut, Louis VIII, was his successor.
His son James Colquhoun was his successor as Consul of the Hanseatic cities in London.
His father was a King, and he, the Prince, was his successor.
Jenkins was his successor as Agent-General.
She bore him many children, among which was his successor Juraj IV Zrinski.
What was his successor to do?
His deputy, Adam Silver, was his successor.
His son, Major-General Randle Guy Feilden, who was later knighted, was his successor.
He died in 975 in Ghazna, and Böritigin of Ghazni was his successor.

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