WRITER

Edith Pargeter

1913 - 1995

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Edith Mary Pargeter (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edith Pargeter has received more than 354,811 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Edith Pargeter is the 2,676th most popular writer (down from 2,506th in 2019), the 1,982nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,909th in 2019) and the 219th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

1990
The eighth champion of Christendom
Fiction, World War, 1939-1945
1945
Death to the landlords!
Fiction, George Felse (Fictitious character), Police
1972
The heaven tree
Fiction, Harry Talvace (Fictitious character), History
1960
A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs
1988
Funeral of Figaro
1962

Page views of Edith Pargeters by language

Over the past year Edith Pargeter has had the most page views in the with 43,501 views, followed by Italian (9,778), and French (7,628). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (27.62%), Esperanto (21.50%), and Czech (17.97%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edith Pargeter ranks 2,676 out of 7,302. Before her are Vilis Lācis, Maria Skobtsova, Commodian, Heimito von Doderer, Uhwudong, and Mihály Vörösmarty. After her are Bhavabhuti, Herbert Read, Krishna Sobti, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Petar Hektorović, and Harlan Ellison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Edith Pargeter ranks 145. Before her are Malietoa Tanumafili II, Johann Niemann, Fritz-Julius Lemp, Motoo Tatsuhara, Elisaveta Bykova, and Alfonso López Michelsen. After her are Gig Young, Hajo Herrmann, Ljuba Welitsch, František Čáp, Abraham Sutzkever, and Nicolas Grunitzky. Among people deceased in 1995, Edith Pargeter ranks 118. Before her are Matti Pellonpää, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Vladimír Dzurilla, Viktoria Brezhneva, Albert W. Tucker, and Alberto Burri. After her are Józef Maria Bocheński, James Samuel Coleman, James Herriot, Jerry Garcia, Abdul Ali Mazari, and Dmitri Shepilov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edith Pargeter ranks 1,982 out of 8,785. Before her are Augustus Pugin (1812), Geoffrey Hinton (1947), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757), Roger Hodgson (1950), and Cynewulf of Wessex (750). After her are Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Herbert Read (1893), Francis Rossi (1949), John Adams (1767), Randolph Churchill (1911), and Hugh Hudson (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Edith Pargeter ranks 219. Before her are George Whitefield (1714), Tobias Smollett (1721), John Wyndham (1903), Frederick Marryat (1792), Mary Astell (1666), and Tom Sharpe (1928). After her are Herbert Read (1893), William Smith (1813), Peter James (1948), Marjorie Boulton (1924), Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1310), and Thomas Gray (1716).

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