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Edith Tolkien

1889 - 1971

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Edith Mary Tolkien (née Bratt; 21 January 1889 – 29 November 1971) was an Englishwoman known as the wife of the academic, philologist, poet, and novelist J. R. R. Tolkien. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edith Tolkien has received more than 1,914,372 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Edith Tolkien is the 659th most popular companion (down from 548th in 2019), the 2,216th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,760th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Companion.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Edith Tolkien ranks 659 out of 784. Before her are Eusebia, Placidia, Marcia Otacilia Severa, Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Jan Zajíc. After her are Blanca of Navarre, Queen of Castile, Felicia of Roucy, Douce I, Countess of Provence, Auguste von Harrach, Theodora, daughter of Constantine VII, and Marcia Euphemia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Edith Tolkien ranks 139. Before her are Zhang Qun, Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Albin Stenroos, Ralph Craig, Shigeyoshi Inoue, and Adolphe Pégoud. After her are Bodil Ipsen, Abbās al-Aqqād, Lord Leopold Mountbatten, Maria Dąbrowska, Angelo Iachino, and Ludwig Renn. Among people deceased in 1971, Edith Tolkien ranks 100. Before her are Bobby Jones, Thomas E. Dewey, Bill W., Gioacchino Guaragna, Albin Stenroos, and Erich Abraham. After her are Paul Bader, Péter Szondi, Viliam Široký, Fritz von Opel, Antonio Bacci, and Naoya Shiga.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edith Tolkien ranks 2,216 out of 8,785. Before her are William Hartnell (1908), Charles Barry (1795), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Cuthbert (635), Alan Sillitoe (1928), and Charles Wesley (1707). After her are Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773), Steve McManaman (1972), Roger Hunt (1938), Hamnet Shakespeare (1585), and Frank Bridge (1879).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Edith Tolkien ranks 47. Before her are Ealhswith (852), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), Joan of the Tower (1321), and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912). After her are Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867), Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261), Ælfgifu of Northampton (990), Hugh Despenser the younger (1287), and Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901).

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