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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 112,245 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippa Pearce is the 5,290th most popular writer, the 4,251st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 474th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philippa Pearce ranks 5,290 out of 5,755. Before her are Takashi Tezuka, Iris Chang, David Benioff, James Herbert, Ğäliäsğar Kamal, and Cheikh Hamidou Kane. After her are Manuel Rivas, Árpád Tóth, Olavi Paavolainen, Stefan Andres, Leigh Hunt, and David Mitchell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Philippa Pearce ranks 332. Before her are C. R. Rao, Clive Dunn, John Paul Stevens, Kelpo Gröndahl, Ralph Meeker, and G. D. Spradlin. After her are Jacqueline Mazéas, Lucidio Sentimenti, Nida Senff, Ragnhild Hveger, Bert Williams, and Raymond Salles. Among people deceased in 2006, Philippa Pearce ranks 289. Before her are Jimmy Johnstone, Volodymyr Dakhno, Bob Mathias, Moira Shearer, Peter Osgood, and Östen Warnerbring. After her are Te Atairangikaahu, Kaarlo Tuominen, Tony Jay, Barnard Hughes, Charles Haughey, and Georges Stuber.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philippa Pearce ranks 4,251 out of 7,765. Before her are James Herbert (1943), Martin Fowler (1963), Keith Campbell (1954), Eamonn Walker (1962), Malcolm Sargent (1895), and Clive Standen (1981). After her are Geoff Lees (1951), Anna Friel (1976), Topper Headon (1955), Henry Hyndman (1842), John Bercow (1963), and Ken Wharton (1916).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Philippa Pearce ranks 474. Before her are Charles Mackay (1814), John Marston (1576), John of Worcester (1100), Thomas Traherne (1636), George Borrow (1803), and James Herbert (1943). After her are Leigh Hunt (1784), David Mitchell (1969), Isaac D'Israeli (1766), David Garnett (1892), Anthony Powell (1905), and R. M. Ballantyne (1825).

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