| LC control no. | n 79021915 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6039.R32 |
| Personal name heading | Travers, P. L. (Pamela Lyndon), 1899-1996 |
| Variant(s) | Travers, Pamela Lyndon, 1899-1996 Goff, Helen Lyndon, 1899-1996 Tarāvars, P. L., 1899-1996 Tirāvirs, P. L., 1899-1996 تراورس، پ.ل. |
| Other standard no. | 95161798 http://viaf.org/viaf/95161798 0000000118452003 http://isni.org/isni/0000000118452003 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q228901 https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8ee66683-96ff-4c16-b81e-ecda405e57fa http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27842116 https://www.freebase.com/m/01fhrg http://datos.bne.es/resource/XX1140515 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871308 http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101062619 http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?36455 http://nla.gov.au/anbd.aut-an36200964 http://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/00459042 http://www.idref.fr/178368679 http://d-nb.info/gnd/121299317 |
| Associated country | Australia Great Britain England |
| Birth date | 1899-08-09 |
| Death date | 1996-04-23 |
| Place of birth | Maryborough (Qld.) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Children's stories Acting Journalism |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Actresses Actors Journalists |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated |
| Found in | Washington post, 04-25-96 (P.L. Travers, 96, creator of Mary Poppins, d. 04-23-96, London; Pamela Lyndon Travers, b. Maryborough, Australia; original name Helen Lyndon Goff) Info. to LC from State Library of NSW, Mar. 25, 1999 (The State Library of NSW is convinced that 1906 is not P.L. Travers date of birth, despite the fact that she consistently cited it herself. The Mitchell Collection of the State Library of NSW holds the papers of P.L. Travers including childhood letters by Travers written in 1905. She left Australia for England in Feb. 1924; on the passenger list her age is given as 24 years; her birthday was 9 August, making her year of birth 1899, though no trace of her birth could be found in the records in Maryborough, Queensland) Academic Amer. encyc., 1997 (Travers, P.L.; Pamela Lyndon Travers; b. Queensland, Australia Aug. 9, 1906; d. Apr. 23, 1996) Encyc. Brit., 1995 (Travers, P.L.; in full Pamela Lyndon Travers; b. Aug. 9, 1906) Wikipedia, January 21, 2016 (P.L. Travers; Pamela Lyndon Travers, OBE (born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899-23 April 1996), was an Australian-born British novelist, actress, and journalist who migrated to England and lived most of her adult life there. She is known best for the Mary Poppins series of children's books featuring the magical English nanny Mary Poppins; born Maryborough, Queensland, Australia; died London, England; nationality: Australian; citizenship: Australian, British) Encyclopædia Britannica online, January 21, 2016 (P.L. Travers, British author; P.L. Travers, in full Pamela Lyndon Travers, original name Helen Lyndon Goff (born August 9, 1899, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia; died April 23, 1996, London, England), Australian English writer known for her Mary Poppins books) Wikidata, January 21, 2016 (P.L. Travers; Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist) Marī Pāpīnz, 1970: t.p. (پ.ل. تراورس = P.L. Tirāvirs) t.p. verso (P.L. Travers [in rom.]) |
| Associated language | eng |
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