British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

Biographical Notes: Page 23

Reynolds, Warwick (Junior) (1880-1926) (items) (chron.)

See ukcomics.wikia.com/wiki/Warwick_Reynolds_(1880-1926)

Rhondda, Lord; [i.e., David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda] (1856-1918) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Alfred_Thomas,_1st_Viscount_Rhondda

Richardson, Anthony (Thomas Stewart Currie) (1899-1964) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; educated at Marlborough College; newspaperman and author.

Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828-1896) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Ward_Richardson

Richardson, Robert (A.) (1850-1901) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Richardson_(poet)

Richmond, William Blake (1842-1921) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake_Richmond

Ricketts, Charles (de Sousy) (1866-1931) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ricketts

Rideaux, Charles de Balzac; [born Ernest Charles de Balzac Willett] (1900-1971) (items) (chron.)

Son of E. Noddall Willett; stepfather’s last name was Ridout which somehow became Rideaux for this author.

Rideing, William H(enry) (1853-1918) (items) (chron.)

Born in Liverpool.

Rieseberg, [Lieut.] Harry E(arl) (1892-1970) (items) (chron.)

Underwater expert, authority on treasure wrecks, prolific writer. Born in Washington, D.C.; died in Paradise, California.

Riou, Édouard (1833-1900) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Édouard_Riou

Ritchie, Anne Isabella; [i.e., Anne Isabella, Lady Ritchie] [née Thackeray] (1837-1919); previously known as Anne Isabella Thackeray (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Isabella_Thackeray_Ritchie

Ritchie, [Sir] Lewis (Anselm da Costa) (1886-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; birth name was Ricci, but anglicized to Ritchie by deed poll in 1941; served in Royal Navy from 1901 until WWII; retired as Captain of the royal yacht “Victoria and Albert”; press secretary 1944-1947 to King George VI.

Rittenberg, Max (Mark Lion) (1880-1963) (items) (chron.)

Mail order expert, worked in advertising; fairly prolific writer for Munsey magazines, traveller. Born in Sydney, Australia; educated at Cambridge College, England. Changed surname to Ritson in 1940.

Rivière, Briton (1840-1920) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briton_Rivière

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

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

Roberts, [Sir] Charles G(eorge) D(ouglas) (1860-1943) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_G._D._Roberts

Roberts, (Richard John) Lunt (1894-1981) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2018/11/lunt-roberts.html

Roberts, (George Edward) Theodore Goodridge (1877-1953) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Goodridge_Roberts

Robertson, Colin (1906-1980) (items) (chron.)

Note: Born Colin Robertson Cooper in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, but the family name was changed to Robertson before the 1911 census.

Robertson, Frank C(hester) (1890-1969) (items) (chron.)

Prolific writer of westerns; brother of Obe Robertson. Born in Moscow, Idaho; died in Springfield, Utah (?).

Robertson, James Logie (1846-1922) (items) (chron.)

See www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/j-logie-robertson

Robertson, Janet Logie; [born Jessie Simpson] (1860-1932) (items) (chron.)

Wife of James Logie Robertson.

Robertson, Wilfrid (1892-1973) (items) (chron.)

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

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.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_R._H._Rogers

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