WRITER

Michael Bond

1926 - 2017

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Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was an English author. He is best known for a series of fictional stories for children, featuring the character of Paddington Bear. More than 35 million Paddington books have been sold around the world, and the characters have also appeared in a popular film series (featuring Paddington, Paddington 2 and Paddington in Peru to date) and on television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Bond has received more than 1,070,505 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Michael Bond is the 2,877th most popular writer (up from 2,944th in 2019), the 2,118th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,215th in 2019) and the 237th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Paddington at the Tower
Teddy bears, Bears, Fiction
1975
Olga Meets Her Match
Guinea pigs, Children's stories, Fiction
1973
Paddington at large
Bears, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
1962
Paddington at work
Bears, Bears in fiction, Fiction
Paddington returns from Peru and tries his hand at such things as the stock market, barbering, and even ballet; but he decides he would rather be his bear self.
1966
Paddington marches on
Bears, Fiction
Paddington tries his hand as a chimney sweep, washing barrels in a marmalade factory, frightening visitors to a wax museum, and playing cricket.
1964
Paddington
Bears, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
1979

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Michael Bond ranks 2,877 out of 7,302. Before him are Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Lucia Berlin, Erich Fried, Lawrence Block, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, and Gideon Levy. After him are Pierre Gamarra, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Andre Norton, Zülfü Livaneli, Avetik Isahakyan, and Ramón Gómez de la Serna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Michael Bond ranks 188. Before him are Frank Finlay, Johanna Quandt, Wolfgang Iser, Mahasweta Devi, Anne McCaffrey, and Georges Lautner. After him are Richard Anderson, Ivica Horvat, André Delvaux, Genrich Altshuller, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, and Ladislav Adamec. Among people deceased in 2017, Michael Bond ranks 191. Before him are Sonny Landham, Mary Tyler Moore, Arthur Janov, Peter Berling, Quett Masire, and Federico Luppi. After him are Bengt Gustavsson, Richard Anderson, Naim Süleymanoğlu, David Cassidy, Gretel Bergmann, and William Baumol.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Bond ranks 2,118 out of 8,785. Before him are William Bayliss (1860), William Blackstone (1723), Caratacus (15), Roger Bannister (1929), Michael Byrne (1943), and Thomas Fairfax (1612). After him are Edmund Crouchback (1245), Liam Gallagher (1972), Samantha Eggar (1939), Catherine Carey (1523), Dennis Viollet (1933), and Stephen Dillane (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Michael Bond ranks 237. Before him are James Herriot (1916), George Herbert (1593), John Webster (1578), Joseph Delaney (1945), Irvine Welsh (1957), and Anthony Horowitz (1955). After him are John Fletcher (1579), Walter Pater (1839), Dodie Smith (1896), Jack Higgins (1929), David Gemmell (1948), and Charles Kingsley (1819).

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