WRITER

Helen Bannerman

1862 - 1946

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Helen Brodie Cowan Bannerman (née Watson; 25 February 1862 – 13 October 1946) was a Scottish children's writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Bannerman has received more than 178,599 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Helen Bannerman is the 6,243rd most popular writer (down from 5,652nd in 2019), the 5,276th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,879th in 2019) and the 597th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Little Black Sambo
Sambo (Fictitious character), Juvenile fiction
This is a book about a little boy who runs into a tiger...
1922
The Story of Little Babaji
Tiger, Juvenile fiction
A retelling of the well-known tale in which a little Indian boy finally outwits the succession of tigers that want to eat him.
1996
Little Black Sambo
Children's fiction, India, fiction, Fairy tales
2009
Little Black Sambo
1921
The Story of Little Black Sambo
Children, Sambo (Fictitious character), Toy and movable books
A retelling of the well-known tale in which a little Indian boy finally outwits the succession of tigers that want to eat him.
1900
Little Black Sambo
Tiger, Sambo (Fictitious character), Juvenile fiction
1978

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Helen Bannerman ranks 6,243 out of 7,302. Before her are Thomas Hughes, Ronald Firbank, Dan Abnett, William Empson, Barbara Pym, and Stig Claesson. After her are Alfred Domett, Thomas Heywood, Swami Rama, Andrew Vachss, Ferenc Juhász, and Donald A. Wollheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Helen Bannerman ranks 152. Before her are Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Santeri Alkio, Mary Proctor, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Robert Reid, and Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller. After her are Herbert Baker, Carrie Derick, and George B. Cortelyou. Among people deceased in 1946, Helen Bannerman ranks 220. Before her are Lucina Hagman, Jeanie MacPherson, George Cloutier, Harlan F. Stone, Lionel Atwill, and Florence Turner. After her are Florence Fuller, Edgar Syers, Miles Mander, Damon Runyon, Charles Oman, and Herbert Baker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Helen Bannerman ranks 5,276 out of 8,785. Before her are Donald Dewar (1937), George Goulding (1884), Barbara Pym (1913), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (1993), and Nigel Short (1965). After her are Fiona May (1969), Alfred Domett (1811), Nicholas Galitzine (1994), Thomas Heywood (1574), Jo Cox (1974), and Jonny Wilkinson (1979).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Helen Bannerman ranks 597. Before her are Max Hastings (1945), Thomas Hughes (1822), Ronald Firbank (1886), Dan Abnett (1965), William Empson (1906), and Barbara Pym (1913). After her are Alfred Domett (1811), Thomas Heywood (1574), R. C. Sherriff (1896), Dorothy Richardson (1873), Derek Taylor (1932), and George Farquhar (1677).

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