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David McKee

1935 - 2022

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David John McKee (2 January 1935 – 6 April 2022) was a British writer and illustrator, chiefly of children's books and animations. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was UK nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David McKee has received more than 224,619 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. David McKee is the 5,204th most popular writer, the 3,898th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 439th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Elmer
Elephants, Fiction, Juvenile fiction
All the elephants of the jungle were gray except Elmer, who was a patchwork of brilliant colors until the day he got tired of being different and making the other elephants laugh.
1968
Not now, Bernard
Children's stories, Monsters, Pictorial works
1980
Longman Book Project
1994
Not now, Bernard
Boys, Juvenile fiction, Monstruos
Bernard's parents pay so little attention to him that they don't even realize when a monster moves in and takes his place.
1980
Elmer and Wilbur
1996
Elmer
Elephants, Fiction, Juvenile fiction
1968
Not now, Bernard
Boys, Juvenile fiction, Monstruos
Bernard's parents pay so little attention to him that they don't even realize when a monster moves in and takes his place.
1980
Elmer
Elephants, Fiction, Juvenile fiction
All the elephants of the jungle were gray except Elmer, who was a patchwork of brilliant colors until the day he got tired of being different and making the other elephants laugh.
1968
Longman Book Project
1994
Not now, Bernard
Children's stories, Monsters, Pictorial works
1980
Elmer and Wilbur
1996
Elmer
Elephants, Fiction, Juvenile fiction
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David McKee ranks 5,204 out of 7,302. Before him are Rita Mae Brown, Solomana Kante, Clara Reeve, Christian Matras, Sam Lake, and Lester del Rey. After him are Miklós Jósika, Nikolai Pogodin, Carlos Monsiváis, Louis L'Amour, Leigh Bardugo, and Alexander Shishkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, David McKee ranks 375. Before him are Dariush Shayegan, Ramsey Lewis, Peter Schickele, Leo Falcam, Philip Agee, and Norbert Blüm. After him are Moisés Solana, Bobby Timmons, Avtandil Koridze, Ingrid Noll, Carol Kaye, and Bahaa Taher. Among people deceased in 2022, David McKee ranks 389. Before him are Hudson Austin, Man of the Hole, Manuel Göttsching, Franco Frattini, Ramsey Lewis, and Eduard Kukan. After him are Maria Gusakova, Ravil Maganov, Manuel Esquivel, Milan Dvořák, Ilinka Mitreva, and Carlo Galli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David McKee ranks 3,898 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Mark Owen (1972), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), and George Williams (1821). After him are Charles Bennett (1870), John Taylor (1960), William Townsend Aiton (1766), Guy Butler (1899), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), and Archibald Geikie (1835).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, David McKee ranks 439. Before him are Anne V. Coates (1925), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Nicholas Culpeper (1616), Donald Rayfield (1942), John Farey Sr. (1766), and Clara Reeve (1729). After him are Bob Shaw (1931), George Crabbe (1754), Ælfric of Eynsham (955), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Edward Carpenter (1844), and R. M. Ballantyne (1825).

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