British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

Biographical Notes: Page 22

Robinson, A(gnes) Mary F(rances) (1857-1944); also known as Agnes Mary Frances Darmesteter (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Mary_Frances_Duclaux

Robinson, Ernest H(erbert) (1880-1947) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; educated at Alleyns School, Dulwich; editor and author.

Robinson, [Dr.] J(ohn) H(ovey) (1820-1867) (items) (chron.)

Born in Sebec, Maine; died in Fairhaven, Minnesota.

Robinson, Thomas Heath (1869-1954) (items) (chron.)

See www.lookandlearn.com/blog/10387/thomas-heath-robinson

Robinson, Wyndham (1883-1959) (items) (chron.)

See spartacus-educational.com/ARTrobinsonW.htm

Robson, Norman (Spottiswoode) (1917-1993); used pseudonym John Robb (items) (chron.)

Born in Alnwick, Northumberland. Reporter, editor, author of children’s books; died in Edinburgh.

Roche, Arthur Somers (1883-1935) (items) (chron.)

Journalist and novelist. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts; studied law, but after practicing several years he became a journalist for the New York World in 1906; later lived in Florida and died in Palm Beach.

Rochester, Geo(rge) E(rnest) (1898-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Rogers, Stanley (Reginald Harry) (1887-1961) (items) (chron.)

Born in Nottingham, England; author and illustrator of more than 30 books on ships and the sea; died in Bronxville, New York.

Rohde, Eleanour (Sophy) Sinclair (1881-1950) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanour_Sinclair_Rohde

Rohmer, Sax; pseudonym of A. Sarsfield Ward (1883-1959) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sax_Rohmer

Rolls, C(harles) S(tewart) (1877-1910) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rolls

Romanoff, Alexander Nicholayevitch (1881-1945); used pseudonym Achmed Abdullah (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achmed_Abdullah

Ronald, James (1905-1972) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Glasgow, but lived in Fairfield, Connecticut from 1938 to 1955, when he was deported.

Ronner-Knip, Henriëtte (1821-1909) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriëtte_Ronner-Knip

Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

Ropes, Mary E(mily) (1842-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia; died in Cardiff, Wales. Older sister of Arthur Reed Ropes.

Rose, Tommy; [i.e., Flt. Lieut. Thomas Rose] (1895-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Rose_(RAF_officer)

Rosman, Alice Grant (1862-1961) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Grant_Rosman

Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Rossetti

Rothwell, H(enry) T(albot) (1921- ) (items) (chron.)

Born in Lancashire, England; tobacco farmer in Rhodesia, 1959-1964; writer from 1964.

Rountree, Harry (1878-1950) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rountree

Rousselet, Louis(-Théophile Marie) (1845-1921) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rousselet

Roux, George (1853-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Roux

Rowe, John G(abriel) (1873-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born and educated in Liverpool; editor, scenarist, novelist and historian. It appears he died as John Thomas Rowe; birth name uncertain.

Runeberg, Johann Ludvig (1804-1877) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ludvig_Runeberg

Ruskin, John (1819-1900) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin

Russell, [Lord] Charles J(ames) F(ox) (1807-1894) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Charles_Russell

Russell, George Hansby (1859-1920) (items) (chron.)

Born in Yorkshire; spent many years in South Africa; died in Axminster, Devon.

Russell, Herbert (William Henry) (1869-1944) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; writer and journalist; on editorial staff of Truth and Naval and Military Record; Knight Commander of the British Empire and Legion of Honour (France) as Chevalier.

Russell, Ivy (Ethel) (1907-2005) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2006/11/ivy-russell.html

Russell, W(illiam) Clark (1844-1911) (items) (chron.)

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

Russell, William (1884-1929) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0751510

Russon, Joseph Ashmore (1856-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in Feckenham, Worcestshire.

Rutledge, Archibald H(amilton) (1883-1973) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Rutledge

Rutley, C(ecil) Bernard (1888-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Ryan, John (Gerald Christopher) (1921-2009) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ryan_(cartoonist)

Ryle, J(ohn) C(harles) (1816-1900) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Ryle

Sabin, Edwin L(egrand) (1870-1952) (items) (chron.)

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

St. John, Percy B(olingbroke) (1821-1889) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; one of three author brothers and son of a journalist and author; accompanied his father in travels to Spain and the U.S., where (especially in the U.S.) he began writing prolifically under many pseudonyms; a journalist in Paris, writing for British papers; returned to England in 1873 and then spent some years in the U.S., contributing to Cassell’s Illustrated Family Newspaper.

St. John, Vane Ireton (1838-1911) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2006/11/vane-st-john.html

Salisbury, Frank O.; [i.e., Francis Owen Salisbury] (1874-1962) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_O._Salisbury

Salvador, (Santiago) Martín (1935-2021) (items) (chron.)

See www.lambiek.net/artists/m/martin-salvador_santiago.htm

Sanders, Charles Wesley (1875-1937) (items) (chron.)

Born in Michigan and died in Pasadena.

Sandham, Andrew (1890-1982) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Sandham

Sandham, Henry (1842-1910) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sandham

Sandow, Eugen; [born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller] (1867-1925) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Sandow

Sanford, M(ary) Bourchier (c1848-1935) (items) (chron.)

See digital.lib.sfu.ca/ceww-532/sanford-mary-bourchier

Sapper; pseudonym of H. C. McNeile (1888-1937) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapper_(author)

Sassoon, Siegfried (Loraine) (1886-1967) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Sassoon

Saunders, G(eorge) K(enneth) (1910-2005) (items) (chron.)

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

Saunders, Norman (Blaine) (1907-1989) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/SN.html

Savery, Constance (1897-1999) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Savery

Saville, (Leonard) Malcolm (1901-1982) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/malcolm-saville.html

Saxby, (Charles Fletcher) Argyll (1873-1959) (items) (chron.)

Born in the U.K., son of prolific Scottish author Jessie M. E. Saxby; lived in Canada and was a teacher in various places including Cyprus, Syria, India and Melbourne, Australia; died in Perth, Western Australia.

Saxby, Jessie M(argaret) E(dmondston) (1842-1940) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Saxby

Saxon, John A. (1886-1947) (items) (chron.)

Born in Minnesota; died in Alhambra, California; reporter on the New York World; court reporter in the Los Angeles Superior Court for 30 years; movie scriptwriter.

Scherren, Henry (1843-1911) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Scherren

Schisgall, Oscar (1901-1984) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/two-belgian-authors.html

Schmalz, Flora (1851-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, daughter of a German consul attache and his English wife; death not traced.

Schomburgk, Hans (1880-1967) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Schomburgk

Schultz, James Willard (1859-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Willard_Schultz

Scott, G(eorge Henry) Firth (1862-1935) (items) (chron.)

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

Scott, J(ames) M(aurice) (1906-1986) (items) (chron.)

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

Scott, Septimus E(dwin) (1879-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sep_E._Scott

Scott, [Sir] Walter (1771-1832) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott

Scratton, (William) Howel (1859-1908) (items) (chron.)

A barrister from North London.