British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

Biographical Notes: Page 7

Chaytor, H(enry) J(ohn) (1871-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Stourport, Worcestershire; university lecturer, author and translator.

Chesson, Nora; [born Eleanor Jane Hopper] (1871-1906); previously known as Nora Hopper (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Chesson

Chester, Charlie; [born Cecil Victor Manser] (1914-1997) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chester

Chesworth, Frank; [i.e., Francis John Chesworth] (1868-1906) (items) (chron.)

See www.sarahcolegrave.co.uk/artists/frankchesworth

Cheyne, John P. (1826-1902) (items) (chron.)

See doi.org/10.1017/S003224740800747X

Cheyney, Peter; [i.e., Reginald Evelyn Peter Southouse Cheyney] (1896-1951) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cheyney

Child, Richard Washburn (1881-1935) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Washburn_Child

Childe, Cromwell (1867?-1941) (items) (chron.)

Journalist and society editor for The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Born in Brooklyn, New York; died in New York City.

Childers, (Robert) Erskine (1870-1922) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erskine_Childers

Chilton, Charles (Frederick William) (1917-2013) (items) (chron.)

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

Christie, Agatha (Mary Clarissa) [née Miller] (1890-1976) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie

Churchill, [Sir] Winston (Leonard) S(pencer) (1874-1965) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill

Chute, B(eatrice) J(oy) (1913-1987) (items) (chron.)

See www.goodreads.com/author/show/132986.B_J_Chute

Cinnamond, H(ubert) P(ark) (1897-1970) (items) (chron.)

See northernbankwarmemorials.blogspot.com/2013/01/cinnamond-herbert-park.html

Clapperton, Richard (Guy) (1934-1984) (items) (chron.)

See fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Clapperton

Claribel; pseudonym of Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830-1869) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Alington_Barnard

Clark, Charles H(eber) (1841-1915); used pseudonym Max Adeler (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Heber_Clark

Clark, George Rogers (1752-1818) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rogers_Clark

Clark, James B(lyth) M(acalester, Jr.) (1883-1959) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/06/jbm-clarke-jr-1883-1959-first-british.html

Clarke, Arthur C(harles) (1917-2008) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke

Clarke, Laurence (Ayscough Boland) (1873-1942) (items) (chron.)

Born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Name once given as Lawrence Clarke Boland Ayscough (!), in immigration registration on island of Jersey.

Clarke, Percy A(rthur) (1895-1974) (items) (chron.)

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

Claudy, Carl H(arry) (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Clay, Charles (1906-1980) (items) (chron.)

See www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/literaryarchives/027011-200.030-e.html

Cleator, P(hilip) E(llaby) (1908-1994) (items) (chron.)

See www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/the-british-interplanetary-society/history/philip-e-cleator

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910); used pseudonym Mark Twain (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

Clifford, Emilie (1863-1933); used pseudonym Clifford Mills (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Mills

Cobb, Sylvanus, Jr. (1823-1887) (items) (chron.)

Born in Waterville, Maine.

Cobb, Thomas (1854-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born and lived in London; left school at age 12 and worked for some 20 years in his father’s tallowing business; then started writing in 1887; died in Hampstead, London, England. Father of Belton Cobb.

Cobb, Weldon J. (1849-1922) (items) (chron.)

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

Cobham, [Sir] Alan J(ohn) (1894-1973) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cobham

Cochrane, Alfred (Henry John) (1865-1948) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cochrane

Cock, J(ohn) G(ilbert) (1893-1966) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cock

Cockroft, W(ilfred) P. (1909-1992) (items) (chron.)

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

Cody, [Col.] W(illiam) F(rederick) “Buffalo Bill” (1846-1917) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill

Coghlan, Margaret M. (1917-2002) (items) (chron.)

Born Margaret Mary Walls in Glasgow; died in Leicester, England.

Cohl, Émile (1857-1938) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Cohl

Coke, Desmond (Francis Talbot) (1879-1931) (items) (chron.)

See forgottenpoetsofww1.blogspot.com/2019/07/desmond-coke-1879-1931-british-writer.html

Colbeck, [Rev.] Alfred (1858-1933) (items) (chron.)

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

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge

Collett, J(ohn) Etheridge (1871-1951) (items) (chron.)

Trained as a lawyer but served as a journalist and sports correspondent.

Collier, Hiram Price (1860-1913) (items) (chron.)

Unitarian minister, born in Davenport, died in Vesthimmerland Kommune, Nordjylland, Denmark.

Collier, John (Henry Noyes) (1901-1980) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Collier_(writer)

Collingwood, Harry; pseudonym of William J. C. Lancaster (1851-1922) (items) (chron.)

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

Collins, Arthur (Pelham) (1864-1932) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Collins_(theatre_manager)

Collins, Colin; pseudonym of Oliver Merland (fl. 1890s-1920s) (items) (chron.)

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

Collins, Erroll; pseudonym of E. E. Redknap (1906-1991) (items) (chron.)

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

Collins, Gilbert (Henry) (1890-1960) (items) (chron.)

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

Collins, (William) Wilkie (1824-1889) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkie_Collins

Collins, William (1838-1890) (items) (chron.)

Born in County Tyrone to an Irish nationalist family; as an immigrant he fought for the Union in the American Civil War and as a Fenian invaded Canada with O’Neill.

Compton, Herbert (Eastwick) (1853-1906) (items) (chron.)

World traveler; lived in India for 22 years; committed suicide at sea on his way to Madeira.

Conrad, Joseph; [working name of Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski] (1857-1924) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad

Conrard, (George) Harrison (1869-1930) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/245221821/george-harrison-conrard

Constanduros, Mabel (Tilling) (1880-1957) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; made her reputation in a series of sketches for the BBC; actress, principally on the stage.

Converse, Frank H. (1843-1889) (items) (chron.)

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

Cook, Fred G(ordon) (1900-?) (items) (chron.)

See www.greyfriarsindex.co.uk/Substitutes.htm

Cook, W(illiam) Victor (1875-1955) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; a journalist.

Cook, William Wallace (1867-1933) (items) (chron.)

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

Cooke, Rose Terry (1827-1892); previously known as Rose Terry (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Terry_Cooke

Coolidge, Susan; pseudonym of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (1835-1905) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Chauncey_Woolsey

Coomer, George H. (1825-1901) (items) (chron.)

Born in Bristol, RI, on December 25, 1825; spent time as a sailor, and from 1876 to 1878 co-owned the Warren Massachusetts Gazette; died in Warren, RI on January 2, 1901.

Cooper, A(lfred) B(enjamin) (1863-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in Preston. Attended Westminster College. Became editor of the Sunday Strand.

Cooper, Charles Henry St. John (1869-1926) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_St._John_Cooper

Cooper, George (1840-1927) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cooper_(poet)

Cooper, Giles (Stannus) (1918-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Cooper, H. S. (fl. 1890s-1920s) (items) (chron.)

Explorer. Born in the Isle of Wight, England; lived in Texas.

Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fenimore_Cooper