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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. She became well known for her cover illustrations for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and for her poster map with inset illustrations, A Map of Middle-earth. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Pauline Baynes is the 6,111th most popular writer (down from 5,726th in 2024), the 5,165th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,464th in 2019) and the 564th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Pauline Baynes ranks 6,111 out of 7,302. Before her are Terence Rattigan, Ralf König, Kevin Kelly, Katherine Pancol, Izaak Walton, and Jean-Denis Bredin. After her are John Betjeman, Dorothy E. Smith, Federico Moccia, Frank Schätzing, Ernest Lehman, and Ğäliäsğar Kamal.

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Among people born in 1922, Pauline Baynes ranks 398. Before her are Antoine Blondin, Endre Tilli, Darren McGavin, Emil Wolf, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, and Rauf Hajiyev. After her are Nicholas Katzenbach, Beverly Pepper, Nancy Mackay, Harry Siljander, Jim Pollard, and Alain de Changy. Among people deceased in 2008, Pauline Baynes ranks 341. Before her are Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Jeff Healey, Sigitas Geda, Sam Bottoms, Judah Folkman, and Gertrude Liebhart. After her are Randy Pausch, Beatrice Ohanessian, Sandy Allen, Richey Edwards, Viktor Kuzkin, and Tony Hillerman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pauline Baynes ranks 5,167 out of 8,785. Before her are John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), Paul Banks (1978), Dave Gibbons (1949), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), Wendy Smith-Sly (1959), and Izaak Walton (1593). After her are John Betjeman (1906), Dorothy E. Smith (1926), Raymond Briggs (1934), John Garstang (1876), Howard Kendall (1946), and Justin Hayward (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Pauline Baynes ranks 564. Before her are Dora Marsden (1882), Stella Gibbons (1902), Emilia Lanier (1569), Mina Loy (1882), Terence Rattigan (1911), and Izaak Walton (1593). After her are John Betjeman (1906), Dorothy E. Smith (1926), William Bell Scott (1811), David Mitchell (1969), Paul Scott (1920), and Bernice Rubens (1923).

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