Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Input: George Ritchie Hodgson ( October 12 , 1893 – May 1 , 1983 ) was a Canadian swimmer .
Output:
George Ritchie Hodgson ( October 12 , 1893 – May 1 , 1983 ) was a Canadian competition swimmer of the early 20th century , and considered by many to be the greatest swimmer in Canadian history .