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P. L. Travers

1899 - 1996

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Pamela Lyndon Travers (; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-British writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the Mary Poppins series of books, which feature the eponymous magical nanny. Goff was born in Maryborough, Queensland, and grew up in the Australian bush before being sent to boarding school in Sydney. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of P. L. Travers has received more than 5,665,910 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. P. L. Travers is the 1,167th most popular writer (down from 920th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Writer.

P. L. Travers is most famous for her children's novel, "Mary Poppins."

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  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, P. L. Travers ranks 1,167 out of 5,755. Before her are Vladimir Korolenko, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Sami Frashëri, Robert Jordan, Marilyn vos Savant, and Dylan Thomas. After her are Jernej Kopitar, Alain-Fournier, Theodor Storm, Léon Bloy, Elsa Triolet, and Sophia Tolstaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, P. L. Travers ranks 55. Before her are Henri Michaux, Lao She, Macfarlane Burnet, Louis Hjelmslev, Charles Boyer, and Georges Auric. After her are Georges Bidault, Philipp Bouhler, Leo Strauss, Burt Munro, Brassaï, and Ernst-Robert Grawitz. Among people deceased in 1996, P. L. Travers ranks 46. Before her are George Davis Snell, Helmut Schön, Gladwyn Jebb, Virginia Henderson, Georges Duby, and William Vickrey. After her are Ernesto Geisel, Martin Balsam, Virginia Cherrill, Hideo Sakai, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, and María Casares.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, P. L. Travers ranks 33 out of 925. Before her are Peter Weir (1944), Joan Sutherland (1926), Ned Kelly (1855), Robin Warren (1937), Kylie Minogue (1968), and Macfarlane Burnet (1899). After her are Roy Emerson (1936), Howard Florey (1898), John Cornforth (1917), Sia (1975), Eric Bana (1968), and Alan Jones (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Australia

Among writers born in Australia, P. L. Travers ranks 2. Before her are Colleen McCullough (1937). After her are James Clavell (1921), Rhonda Byrne (1945), Thomas Keneally (1935), John Flanagan (1944), Germaine Greer (1939), James Aldridge (1918), Morris West (1916), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Annette Kellermann (1887), and Gregory David Roberts (1952).

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