WRITER

Patrick Leigh Fermor

1915 - 2011

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Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor (11 February 1915 – 10 June 2011) was an English writer, scholar, soldier and polyglot. He played a prominent role in the Cretan resistance during the Second World War, and was widely seen as Britain's greatest living travel writer, on the basis of books such as A Time of Gifts (1977). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Leigh Fermor has received more than 891,036 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Patrick Leigh Fermor is the 3,835th most popular writer (down from 2,860th in 2019), the 2,744th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,153rd in 2019) and the 312th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The violins of Saint-Jacques
Fiction
1953
Mani
Description and travel, Journeys, Travel
1958
The traveller's tree
Description and travel
1950
A time to keep silence
Monasticism and religious orders, History, Monastic and religious life
Description of PLF's sojourn in various monasteries where he spent time as a guest so he could enjoy the privacy and silence to write.
1953
Roumeli
Description and travel
1966
A time of gifts
travel, Description and travel, walking
Leigh Fermor walked from London to Budapest when he was 18. Sometimes called England's greatest travel writer.
1977

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 3,835 out of 7,302. Before him are Johann Most, Vladimir Odoyevsky, Srečko Kosovel, Botho Strauß, Marco Girolamo Vida, and Konstantin Aksakov. After him are James Russell Lowell, Jorge Isaacs, Ferdinand Bruckner, Crates, Minette Walters, and Mikhail Shishkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 150. Before him are Tapio Rautavaara, Georges Guétary, Sargent Shriver, Robert Monroe, Ken Aston, and Helmut Wick. After him are Antonio Innocenti, Herman Wouk, Günther Schwägermann, William Masters, Boris Paichadze, and Joe Fry. Among people deceased in 2011, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 211. Before him are Sargent Shriver, John Neville, Kiki Håkansson, Michael S. Hart, Takaji Mori, and Shigeo Yaegashi. After him are Vang Pao, Coen Moulijn, Nicol Williamson, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Robert Ballaman, and Friedrich Kittler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 2,744 out of 8,785. Before him are Melanie C (1974), Laura Mulvey (1941), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Graham McTavish (1961), Alan White (1949), and Antony Gormley (1950). After him are Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), John Gilbert Baker (1834), Minette Walters (1949), Jordan Henderson (1990), Trevor Pinnock (1946), and Harry Styles (1994).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Patrick Leigh Fermor ranks 312. Before him are Iain Banks (1954), Israel Zangwill (1864), Eric Ambler (1909), Richard Hammond (1969), Francis Beaumont (1584), and Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805). After him are Minette Walters (1949), William Hazlitt (1778), Arthur Waley (1889), William Congreve (1670), Christiane Amanpour (1958), and Nevil Shute (1899).

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