British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

Biographical Notes: Page 3

Bedford, Frederick (George Denham) (1838-1913) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Bedford

Bedford-Jones, H(enry James O’Brien) (1887-1949) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bedford-jones_h

Beet, E(rnest) Agar (1904-1997) (items) (chron.)

See adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1998JBAA..108..121H

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven

Begbie, (Edward) Harold (1871-1929) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/begbie_harold

Beith, [Sir] John Hay (1876-1952) (items) (chron.)

Born in Manchester of Scots descent; educated in Edinburgh and Cambridge; schoolmaster turned writer and playwright.

Belfield, H(arry) Wedgwood (1893-1964) (items) (chron.)

Born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England; died in Worthing, West Sussex.

Bell, John Keble (1875-1928); used pseudonym Keble Howard (items) (chron.)

Schoolmaster turned journalist, editor, drama critic and playwright.

Bell, Neil; pseudonym of Stephen Southwold (1887-1964) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bell_neil

Bellamy, R(obert) L(owe) (1866-1938) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hull, England; studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained a priest in 1891; served in several Yorkshire parishes before becoming Vicar of Saint James’s Church, Halifax, in 1907.

Bellecroix, Ernest (1836-1901) (items) (chron.)

See www.mutualart.com/Artist/Ernest-Bellecroix/CDF145C460608EE3

Bender, George A(lmon) (1904-1985) (items) (chron.)

See pdfcoffee.com/great-moments-in-pharmacy-pdf-free.html

Benett, Léon; [born Hippolyte Léon Benet] (1839-1917) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léon_Benett

Benham, Charles E. (1860-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Benham

Bennett, Fred(erick Stanley) (1876-1939) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/fred-bennett.html

Bennett, (William) Rolf (1882-1971) (items) (chron.)

Author. Born in London, England; lived in Essex, England.

Bentley, Nicolas (Clerihew) (1907-1978) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bentley

Beresford, Leslie; [born Charles Beresford Painter, name assumed in 1910] (1878-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/beresford_leslie

Berkeley, Reginald (Cheyne) (1890-1935) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/berkeley_reginald

Berkeley, Stanley (Tyerman) (1855-1909) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2018/11/stanley-berkeley.html

Berlyn, Annie (1862-1943) (items) (chron.)

Author & journalist, wife of Alfred Berlyn and mother of His Honour B. H. Berlyn, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Leeward Islands.

Berry, (Roderick) Bryan (1930-1966) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/bryan-berry.html

Besant, [Sir] Walter (1836-1901) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/besant_walter

Bevan, Tom (1868-1937) (items) (chron.)

See www.readingtheforest.co.uk/tombevan.html

Bewsher, Paul (1894-1966) (items) (chron.)

See livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/6230172

Bickerstaffe, L(ucy) C(amilla) (1884-1937) (items) (chron.)

See www.fadingimages.uk/photoBi.asp

Bidlake, F(rederick) T(homas) (1867-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thomas_Bidlake

Bidston, Lester (1883-1938) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bidston_lester

Biggers, Earl Derr (1884-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Derr_Biggers

Billington, Mary Frances (1862-1925) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Frances_Billington

Bindloss, Harold (Edward) (1866-1945) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Edward_Bindloss

Birch, J(esse) Weedon (1875-1926) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2008/01/j-weedon-birch.html

Birch, Walter de Gray (1842-1924) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_de_Gray_Birch

Birnage, Derek (Arthur William) (1913-2004) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Birnage

Bishop, Cecil (Clayforth) (1877-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Sidcup, Kent, England; died in Kent; former detective at New Scotland Yard.

Bishop, Harry (1920-2015) (items) (chron.)

See ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/Harry_Bishop

Björnson, Björnstjerne (1832-1910) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjørnstjerne_Bjørnson

Black, Clementina (Maria) (1853-1923) (items) (chron.)

Brought up in Briton, daughter of a solicitor; moved to London, worked at the British Museum; activist for workers’ and women’s rights.

Black, Helen C(ecelia) (1838-1906) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Cecelia_Black

Black, Ladbroke (Lionel Day) (1877-1940); used pseudonym Paul Urquhart (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/paul-urquhart-ladbroke-black-thomas.html

Blackledge, W(illiam) J(ames) (1886-1948) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/william-james-blackledge.html

Blackmore, R(ichard) D(oddridge) (1825-1900) (items) (chron.)

Born in Longworth, Berkshire; lived for some years in Wales; called to the bar in 1852 but gave up the law for teaching and writing.

Blackwood, Algernon (Henry) (1869-1951) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Blackwood

Blake, (Francis William) Stacey (1873-1964) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/blake_stacey

Blake, Wilfred T(heodore) (1894-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Theodore_Blake

Blasco, Jesús (1919-1995) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesús_Blasco

Blériot, Louis (Charles Joseph) (1872-1936) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Blériot

Blind, Harold (Edward) (1886-1954) (items) (chron.)

Author and journalist, and son of the Belgian-born German artist, Rudolf Blind.

Bloundelle-Burton, John Edward (1850-1917) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bloundelle-burton_john

Blyth, Harry (1852-1898); used pseudonym Hal Meredeth (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Blyth

Bodley, R(onald) V(ictor) C(ourtenay) (1892-1970) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._V._C._Bodley

Bogle, (William) Lockhart (1857-1900) (items) (chron.)

See artuk.org/discover/artists/bogle-william-lockhart-18571900

Boland, (Bertram) John (1913-1976) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/john-boland.html

Bolton, F. H. (fl. 1900s-1910s) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bolton_f_h

Booth, Christopher B(elvard) (1889-1950) (items) (chron.)

Born in Centralia, Missouri; newspaper owner; journalist for Chicago Daily News.

Borer, Mary Cathcart; [i.e., Mary Irene Cathcart Borer Myers] (1906-1994); also known as Mary Cathcart Myers (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/mary-cathcart-borer.html

Borg, Jack; pseudonym of Philip Anthony John Borg (1910-1976) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2006/10/jack-borg.html

Borg, Philip Anthony John (1910-1976); used pseudonym Jack Borg (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2006/10/jack-borg.html

Borlase, James Skipp (1839-1909) (items) (chron.)

Born in Cornwall, England; moved to Australia in mid 1860s, working initially as a solicitor in Melbourne; returned to London at the end of the 1860s.

Borradaile, O(swell) R(obert) (1859-1935) (items) (chron.)

See cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4784/4784.html

Bostock, Frank C(harles) (1866-1912) (items)

See www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfca/projects/frankbostockbio

Boulger, Mrs. Dora Henrietta (née Havers) (1847-1923) (items) (chron.)

First name also given as Dorothy; middle name also given as Harriet. Birth name probably Dora Henrietta Havers. Born in Norfolk; spent much of childhood in South America and the Falkland Islands; returned to England in 1870.

Bounds, Sydney J(ames) (1920-2006) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bounds_sydney_j

Bourchier, William C(hadwick) (1852-1924) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourchier

Bourne, W(illiam) St. Hill (1846-1929) (items) (chron.)

See hymnary.org/person/Bourne_WSH1

Bowden, [Sir] Harold (, 2nd Baronet) (1880-1960) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Bowden

Bowe, George (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2006/11/george-bowe.html