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Wilbert Awdry

1911 - 1997

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Wilbert Vere Awdry (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), often credited as Rev. W. Awdry, was an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilbert Awdry has received more than 861,821 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilbert Awdry is the 5,069th most popular writer (down from 4,733rd in 2019), the 3,953rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,780th in 2019) and the 441st most popular British Writer.

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  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Wilbert Awdry ranks 5,069 out of 5,755. Before him are Kate Wilhelm, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Mochtar Lubis, Yamabe no Akahito, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Anton Aškerc. After him are Charles Wilkins, Katherine Neville, Nella Larsen, Thomas Love Peacock, Nancy Kress, and Isabelle Collin Dufresne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Wilbert Awdry ranks 278. Before him are Bruno Heim, Héctor Freschi, Bas Paauwe, Paul Zielinski, Adam Kozłowiecki, and Pritilata Waddedar. After him are Savino Guglielmetti, Eduardo González Valiño, Joseph Alcazar, Charles Mathiesen, Armandinho, and Annibale Frossi. Among people deceased in 1997, Wilbert Awdry ranks 228. Before him are Pilar Miró, Bobby Helms, Tamara Makarova, Zaur Kaloev, Matti Sippala, and Aníbal Tarabini. After him are Ted Gärdestad, Ronnie Lane, Antoine Cuissard, Henry Vestine, Stubby Kaye, and Aleksandr Ivanov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wilbert Awdry ranks 3,953 out of 7,765. Before him are Brian Aherne (1902), John Sykes (1959), Julian Barbour (1937), R. J. Mitchell (1895), Morton Betts (1847), and Brendan Perry (1959). After him are Charles Wilkins (1749), George Graham (1944), Dev Patel (1990), John Hunter (1737), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), and Delia Derbyshire (1937).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Wilbert Awdry ranks 441. Before him are William Davenant (1606), Graham Swift (1949), Paula Yates (1959), Jonathan Stroud (1970), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), and James Hogg (1770). After him are Charles Wilkins (1749), Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Pauline Baynes (1922), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), Susanna Clarke (1959), and Barbara Pym (1913).

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