WRITER

Philippa Pearce

1920 - 2006

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Ann Philippa Pearce OBE FRSL (22 January 1920 – 21 December 2006) was an English author of children's books. Best known of them is the time-slip novel Tom's Midnight Garden, which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, as the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippa Pearce has received more than 118,780 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippa Pearce is the 6,013th most popular writer (down from 5,271st in 2019), the 4,873rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,242nd in 2019) and the 546th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Mrs. Cockle's Cat
Cats, Fiction, Children's fiction
1961
Tom's Midnight Garden
Large type books, Livres en gros caractères, Large print books
Daytime life for Tom is dull, but each night he participates in the lives of the former inhabitants of the old house in which he is spending an enforced vacation.
1958
The Squirrel Wife
Juvenile Folk Tales / Mythology / Fables, Children: Grades 1-2, Fairies
A funny and loving book
1971
Battle of Bubble and Squeak
Children's stories, Children's fiction, Fantasy fiction
1978
A Dog So Small
Large type books, Dogs, Fiction
Ben longed for a dog. His grandfather had promised him a dog for his birthday, but the promise was kept in an unusual way.
1962
Minnow on the Say
Buried treasure, Fiction, Canoes and canoeing
Two English boys, David and Adam, spend the summer canoeing on the River Say and, with just an old riddle for a clue, try to find a treasure hidden along its banks by one of Adam's ancestors.
1955

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philippa Pearce ranks 6,013 out of 7,302. Before her are Robert Coover, David Storey, Jacob Abbott, Keri Hulme, Andreas Eschbach, and Sarah Waters. After her are Zsigmond Kemény, Rebecca Solnit, Luiza Pesjak, Leïla Slimani, Chingiz Abdullayev, and Nella Larsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Philippa Pearce ranks 398. Before her are Gail Halvorsen, Jean Dutourd, Michael Bates, Elmo Zumwalt, Irmgard Praetz, and Aldo Ghira. After her are Antoinette Meyer, Beah Richards, Ronald Pope, Adele Goldstine, Man Mohan Adhikari, and Walter Frederick Morrison. Among people deceased in 2006, Philippa Pearce ranks 334. Before her are Bertha Brouwer, Óscar González, Claude Esteban, Valentine Telegdi, Arthur Hill, and Robert Lockwood Jr.. After her are Lou Jones, Pierre Amine Gemayel, Rubén Marcos, Catherine Leroy, Darren McGavin, and Vincent Sherman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philippa Pearce ranks 4,873 out of 8,785. Before her are Anthony de la Roché (1700), Sarah Waters (1966), Taylor Wane (1968), The Proclaimers (1962), Leeroy Thornhill (1968), and John Hutton Balfour (1808). After her are Diana Wynyard (1906), Richard Meinertzhagen (1878), Chris Dreja (1945), Richard K. Guy (1916), James Oglethorpe (1696), and Malcolm Sargent (1895).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Philippa Pearce ranks 546. Before her are George Holyoake (1817), Francis Chichester (1901), Alex Garland (1970), Lucy Hawking (1969), David Storey (1933), and Sarah Waters (1966). After her are Sarah Trimmer (1741), Anne Fine (1947), Izaak Walton (1593), Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), Iolo Morganwg (1747), and Malcolm Gladwell (1963).

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