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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 priest, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He is best remembered as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and several other characters who appeared in his Railway Series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Wilbert Awdry is the 5,770th most popular writer (up from 5,897th in 2024), the 4,739th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,699th in 2019) and the 512th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Wilbert Awdry ranks 5,770 out of 7,302. Before him are Majgull Axelsson, Ibrahim Tuqan, Franz von Dingelstedt, J. Slauerhoff, James Dashner, and Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani. After him are Agnes von Krusenstjerna, Jaroslav Kvapil, Ivan Tavčar, Maria Polydouri, Alfredo Panzini, and Dániel Berzsenyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Wilbert Awdry ranks 349. Before him are Héctor Freschi, Rıfat Ilgaz, Helmut Berthold, Müfide İlhan, Dudley Senanayake, and Helmut Braselmann. After him are Gusztáv Juhász, Garrett Birkhoff, Charles Walters, Sonny Terry, Eric Williams, and Chris Berger. Among people deceased in 1997, Wilbert Awdry ranks 272. Before him are Conlon Nancarrow, Lars Ahlin, Amleto Frignani, Ondino Viera, Aleksandr Zarkhi, and Reinhard Lauck. After him are Ekaterina Kalinchuk, Ödön Gróf, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Guido Vincenzi, Max Bloesch, and Božena Srncová.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Wilbert Awdry ranks 4,740 out of 8,785. Before him are Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783), Alister Hardy (1896), Mike Lynch (1965), Joe Elliott (1959), Callum Hudson-Odoi (2000), and James McHenry (1753). After him are John Dill (1881), Horace Bailey (1881), Richard Tandy (1948), George Holyoake (1817), Simon Yates (1992), and Des Browne (1952).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Wilbert Awdry ranks 512. Before him are George William Russell (1867), Elizabeth Montagu (1718), Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), David Garnett (1892), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), and Roma Ryan (1950). After him are George Holyoake (1817), Alfred Domett (1811), Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), Beryl Markham (1902), and Charles Williams (1886).

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