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Eleanor Farjeon

1881 - 1965

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Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Several of her works had illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eleanor Farjeon has received more than 357,909 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Eleanor Farjeon is the 4,578th most popular writer (down from 3,883rd in 2019), the 3,438th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,873rd in 2019) and the 393rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eleanor Farjeon ranks 4,578 out of 5,755. Before her are Roy Jacobsen, Ludwig Bechstein, Hiromi Kawakami, Richard Powers, David Weber, and Hans Nielsen Hauge. After her are Yurii Andrukhovych, Juan de la Cueva, George Mikes, Yordan Yovkov, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, and Juan de Mena.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Eleanor Farjeon ranks 155. Before her are Jim Bellamy, Dora Boothby, Henri Laurent, Heinrich Burger, Henri Grégoire, and Robert Esnault-Pelterie. After her are Benjamin Jekhowsky, Tommy Burns, Lou Tellegen, Eugénie Cotton, Eulalio Gutiérrez, and Clive Bell. Among people deceased in 1965, Eleanor Farjeon ranks 140. Before her are Ingrid Jonker, Louise Dresser, Jeanette MacDonald, Frederick Browning, David Smith, and Hamo Beknazarian. After her are Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Myra Hess, Jacques Audiberti, Othmar Ammann, Teodor Koskenniemi, and Mikheil Tsereteli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eleanor Farjeon ranks 3,438 out of 7,765. Before her are Spencer Davis (1939), James Mellaart (1925), Eddie Colman (1936), Eanflæd (626), Phyllis Logan (1956), and Joe Fry (1915). After her are Hugh Dancy (1975), E. H. Shepard (1879), Matthew Macfadyen (1974), Ashley Young (1985), Michael Giles (1942), and Henry Taylor (1885).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eleanor Farjeon ranks 393. Before her are Robert Greene (1558), Peter F. Hamilton (1960), John Gower (1330), Henry of Huntingdon (1080), Richard Bentley (1662), and Brian Lumley (1937). After her are W. S. Gilbert (1836), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Len Deighton (1929), Edith Sitwell (1887), Cynewulf (900), and Margery Allingham (1904).

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