British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

Biographical Notes: Page 21

Oliver, Jane (1921-?) (items) (chron.)

See www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/19/jane-oliver

O’Mahony, Charles Kingston (1884-1944) (items) (chron.)

Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland; educated in Dublin; author and journalist.

Onslow, John (1906-1985) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/john-onslow.html

Openshaw, George H(enry) (1882-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in West Bromwich, Birmingham, on 23 July 1882, a one-time officer on a Royal Mail Steam Packet, then in the Royal Naval Reserve. Living with his wife Florence in Brighton in 1939. Later moved to Kenya in 1946.

Oppenheim, E(dward) Phillips (1866-1946) (items) (chron.)

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

Opper, Emma A. (1864-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1946/02/19/archives/miss-emma-a-opper-writer-of-short-stories-a-sister-of-new-york.html

Optic, Oliver; pseudonym of William T. Adams (1822-1897) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Taylor_Adams

Orczy, Baroness (Emmuska) (1865-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_Emma_Orczy

O’Riordan, Conal Holmes O’Connell (1874-1948) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conal_Holmes_O'Connell_O'Riordan

Orpen, Adela E(lizabeth Richards) (1855-1927) (items) (chron.)

Born in Virginia; died in Ireland.

Osborne, Walter (Frederick) (1859-1903) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Osborne

Osgood, Kate Putnam (1841-1910) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Kate_Putnam_Osgood

Otway, Leslie (Arthur C.) (1902-1979) (items) (chron.)

See ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/Leslie_Otway_(1902-1979)

Overend, W(illiam) H(eysman) (1851-1898) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2018/08/w-h-overend.html

Oxenham, John; pseudonym of William Dunkerley (1852-1941) (items) (chron.)

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

Oxley, J(ames) Macdonald (1855-1907) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Macdonald_Oxley

Oyler, Leslie Mary (Kathleen) (1884-1971) (items) (chron.)

See www.fieldfamilytree.ca/tng/getperson.php?personID=I2380&tree=1

Padday, C(harles) M(urray) (1868-1954) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Murray_Padday

Page, Gertrude (Eliza) (1872-1922) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Page

Paget, H(enry) M(arriott) (1857-1936) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2018/08/h-m-paget.html

Paget, Wal(ter Stanley) (1863-1935) (items) (chron.)

See www.anatpro.com/index_files/Walter_Stanley_Paget.htm

Pain, Barry (Eric Odell) (1864-1928) (items) (chron.)

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

Paine, Ralph Delahaye (1871-1925) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Delahaye_Paine

Palliser, Esther (1868-?) (items) (chron.)

See gsarchive.net/whowaswho/P-Q/PalliserEsther.htm

Palmer, (Edward Vivian) Vance (1885-1959) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vance_Palmer

Palmerston, Lord; [i.e., Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston] (1784-1865) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston

Pankhurst, E(stelle) Sylvia (1882-1960) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Pankhurst

Panting, J(ames) Harwood (1854-1923) (items) (chron.)

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

Papé, Frank C.; [i.e., Francis Cheyne Papé] (1878-1972) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_C._Papé

Parke, J(ames) C(ecil) (1881-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cecil_Parke

Parker, Eric; [working name of Frederick Moore Searle Parker] (1870-1955) (items) (chron.)

See guildford-dragon.com/eric-parker-who-he

Parker, Eric R. (1898-1974) (items) (chron.)

See illustrators.wikia.com/wiki/Eric_R._Parker_(1898-1974)

Parker, Richard (1915-1990) (items) (chron.)

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

Parmenter, Christine Whiting (1877-1953) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/christine_whiting.parmenter/1086841

Parr, Louisa (Sarah Ann Taylor) (c1848-1903) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Parr

Parry, David Harold (1868-1950) (items) (chron.)

A talented artist and authority on Napoleonic Wars; most of his writings were intended for younger readers.

Parry, [Sir] (Charles) Hubert (Hastings, 1st Baronet) (1848-1918) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Parry

Parsons, [Sir] Richard (Edmund Clement Fownes) (1928-2016) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Parsons_(diplomat)

Passingham, W(illiam) J(ohn) (1897-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Patchett, M(ary Osborne) E(lwyn) (1897-1989) (items) (chron.)

See www.janebadgerbooks.co.uk/australia/patchett.html

Paton, John Lewis (1863-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.mun.ca/memorial_history/bios/JLPaton.html

Paton, [Sir] Joseph Noel (1821-1901) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Noel_Paton

Patterson, Frank (1871-1952) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Patterson_(illustrator)

Pauer, Ernst (1826-1905) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Pauer

Paull, H(arry) M(ajor) (1854-1934) (items) (chron.)

Born in Monmouth; educated privately; civil servant and dramatist.

Paust, Gil(bert Harry) (1912-1988) (items) (chron.)

Free-lance writer and the 14th editor of Adventure magazine. An expert on outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing, and also knowledgeable about aeronautics. His claim to hold a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University cannot be substantiated. Born in and resident of Yonkers, New York. Like Alden Norton before him and Bruce Cassiday after him, Gil Paust contributed prolifically to Adventure, but because he used a number of pseudonyms, his contributions are not realized.

Pavey, L(eonard) A(rthur) (1888-1961) (items) (chron.)

Born and educated in London; popular writer of short stories; lived in Sussex.

Payne, Will (1865-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Whiteside County, Illinois; journalist and financial editor of Chicago Daily News, Chicago Chronicle and Economist; contributed fiction to magazines.

Pearce, Charles E(dward) (1843-1924) (items) (chron.)

See charlespearce.org/people/charles-e-pearce.html

Pearce, (Charles Louis) St. John (1877-1941) (items) (chron.)

See charlespearce.org/people/st-john-pearce.html

Pears, Charles (1873-1958) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Pears

Pearse, [Major] Albert (1866-1945) (items) (chron.)

See www.thepeerage.com/p57252.htm#i572514

Pearse, Alfred (1856-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Pearse

Pearson, Alec G(eorge) (1854-1937) (items) (chron.)

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

Pease, Howard (1863-1928) (items) (chron.)

Educated at Oxford; landowner and magistrate in Northumberland.

Peattie, Louise (Redfield) (1900-1965) (items) (chron.)

See socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w68h0048

Peck, James L(incoln) H(olt) (1912-1996) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Peck_(pilot)

Peddie, Tom; [i.e., Thomas Hutchison Peddie] (1874-1954) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/01/tom-peddie.html

Peery, James Robert (1900-1954); used pseudonym Carl Buchanan (items) (chron.)

See mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=439

Pemberton, [Sir] Max (1863-1950) (items) (chron.)

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

Pendered, Mary L(ucy) (1858-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in London.

Pendexter, Hugh (1875-1940) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/04/hugh-pendexter.html

Pepper, Frank (Stuart) (1910-1988) (items) (chron.)

Prolific author of boy’s fiction; scriptwriter for boy’s comics.

Percival, Harold (1868-1914) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/auction_records/Harold_Percival/11060676/Harold_Percival.aspx

Perry, Aylesworth Bowen (1860-1956) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aylesworth_Bowen_Perry

Pertwee, Roland (1885-1963) (items) (chron.)

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

Petherick, Horace (William) (1838-1919) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/02/horace-petherick.html