WRITER

Pauline Baynes

1922 - 2008

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Pauline Diana Baynes (9 September 1922 – 1 August 2008) was an English illustrator, author, and commercial artist. She contributed drawings and paintings to more than 200 books, mostly in the children's genre. She was the first illustrator of some of J. R. R. Tolkien's minor works, including Farmer Giles of Ham, Smith of Wootton Major, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pauline Baynes has received more than 268,777 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Pauline Baynes is the 5,726th most popular writer (down from 5,061st in 2019), the 4,464th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,957th in 2019) and the 504th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Prince Caspian
2007
Bilbo's Last Song (At the Grey Havens)
Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Juvenile poetry, Fantasy
Bilbo’s Last Song is considered by many to be Tolkien’s epilogue to his classic work The Lord of the Rings. As Bilbo Baggins takes his final voyage to the Undying Lands, he must say goodbye to Middle-earth. Poignant and lyrical, the song is both a longing to set forth on his ultimate journey and a tender farewell to friends left behind. Pauline Baynes’s jewel-like illustrations lushly depict both this final voyage and scenes from The Hobbit, as Bilbo remembers his first journey while he prepares for his last.
1974
Silver Chair
2008
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2008
Tales of Narnia (The Magician's Nephew / The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe / The Horse and His Boy)
action & adventure, adventure and adventurers, fiction, animals
Contains: 1. The Magician's Nephew 2. [The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL71037W) 3. The Horse and His Boy
1988
Prince Caspian
Children's stories, Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, Lewis, c. s. (clive staples), 1898-1963
1990

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pauline Baynes ranks 5,726 out of 7,302. Before her are Michel Deguy, Lev Mei, Regīna Ezera, Sydney, Lady Morgan, Dmitri Prigov, and Lőrinc Szabó. After her are Kito Lorenc, James E. Gunn, David Mitchell, Alan Ayckbourn, Katri Vala, and José Manuel Caballero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Pauline Baynes ranks 366. Before her are Jim Pollard, Milton H. Greene, Don Patinkin, Ray Anthony, Nino Bibbia, and Derek J. de Solla Price. After her are Rauf Hajiyev, Fritz Riess, José Hierro, Les Baxter, Regina Resnik, and Raffaele La Capria. Among people deceased in 2008, Pauline Baynes ranks 304. Before her are Douglas Bennett, Neil Bartlett, Alexander Courage, Benoît Lamy, Harvey Korman, and Cecilia Colledge. After her are Margaret Truman, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Sam Tingle, Jimmy Stewart, Jo Stafford, and Gábor Delneky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pauline Baynes ranks 4,464 out of 8,785. Before her are Jesse Lingard (1992), Alice Eve (1982), Martin Wolf (1946), George Coulouris (1903), John Dill (1881), and Steve McQueen (1969). After her are David Mitchell (1969), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Howard Jones (1955), Simon Schama (1945), George Galloway (1954), and Monty Norman (1928).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Pauline Baynes ranks 504. Before her are Martin Litchfield West (1937), Charles Allston Collins (1828), Abraham Cowley (1618), Peter Morgan (1963), Joe Orton (1933), and Frederick Rolfe (1860). After her are David Mitchell (1969), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Charles Williams (1886), Julian Symons (1912), Nigella Lawson (1960), and Jhumpa Lahiri (1967).

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