Jenny Oldfield

English children's writer
Person human Q4348904
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Summary

Jenny Oldfield is a human[1]. She was born in Harrogate[2]. She was born on August 8, 1949[3]. She worked as a children's writer[4], writer[5], and teacher[6]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Jenny Oldfield's place of birth was Harrogate[2].
  • Jenny Oldfield was born on August 8, 1949[3].
  • Jenny Oldfield was born on January 1, 1949[8].
  • Jenny Oldfield held citizenship in United Kingdom[9].
  • Jenny Oldfield worked as a children's writer[4].
  • Jenny Oldfield's professions included writer[5].
  • Jenny Oldfield's professions included teacher[6].
  • Jenny Oldfield's field of work was children's and young adult literature[10].
  • Jenny Oldfield's field of work was literature[11].
  • Jenny Oldfield was educated at University of Birmingham[12].
  • Jenny Oldfield is recorded as female[13].
  • Jenny Oldfield's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Jenny Oldfield's family name is recorded as Oldfield[15].
  • Jenny Oldfield's given name is recorded as Jenny[16].
  • Jenny Oldfield's work location is recorded as Leeds[17].
  • Jenny Oldfield's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[18].
  • Jenny Oldfield's writing language is recorded as English[19].

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Origins and Family

Jenny Oldfield's place of birth was Harrogate[2]. Recorded date of birth include August 8, 1949[3] and January 1, 1949[8].

Education

Jenny Oldfield was educated at University of Birmingham[12].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include children's writer[4], writer[5], and teacher[6]. Fields of work include children's and young adult literature[10], a sub-set of literature[20] and literature[11], a type of arts[21].

Why It Matters

Jenny Oldfield ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[7] She has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] She is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

FAQs

Where was Jenny Oldfield born?

Jenny Oldfield was born in Harrogate[2].

What did Jenny Oldfield do for work?

Jenny Oldfield worked as children's writer[4], writer[5], and teacher[6].

Where did Jenny Oldfield go to school?

Jenny Oldfield was educated at University of Birmingham[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Anti-Strange-Ipek-Action · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of poland mms id → 9810655328005606, 9810687877805606
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ National library of poland mms id: 9810687877805606, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270895|batch #270895]]"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0216753-Fielding-Kate-1949, 0211389-Oldfield-Jenny-1949, 0447878-Nolan-Tina-1949
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0216753-Fielding-Kate-1949, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  3. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Jenny
    Field of work → children's and young adult literature, literature
    Family name → Oldfield
    Writing language → English
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32086|batch #32086]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (28)"
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