British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

Biographical Notes: Page 23

Old Scout, An (fl. 1910s-1920s); house pseudonym (items) (chron.)

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

Oliphant, Mrs. [i.e., Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant] (1828-1897) (items) (chron.)

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

Oliphant, Alexander (George) (1911-1971) (items) (chron.)

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

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.

O’Malley, Gráinne (c1530-c1603) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O'Malley

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Taylor_Adams

Orczy, Baroness (Emmuska) [i.e., Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Barstow, Baroness Orczy] (1865-1947) (items) (chron.)

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

O’Reilly, John Boyle (1844-1890) (items) (chron.)

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

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

See https://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 https://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

Overton, Robert (1854-1924) (items) (chron.)

Author, playwright, journalist, lecturer on literature and philosophy, and writer of monologues, pantomimes and operettas.

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 https://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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Murray_Padday

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

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

Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-1897) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See https://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

Paterson, A(ndrew) B(arton) “Banjo” (1864-1941) (items) (chron.)

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

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Noel_Paton

Patten, Gilbert; [born William George Patten] (1866-1945); previously known as William George Patten; used pseudonym Gordon MacLaren (items) (chron.)

See https://ulib.niu.edu/badndp/patten_william.html

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

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

Patterson, (George) Malcolm (1873-1941) (items) (chron.)

See https://www.thistlefinearts.com/home/artists/patterson-george-malcolm/

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

See https://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, G(ilbert) M(orris) (1879-1947) (items) (chron.)

See https://bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/08/g-m-payne.html

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 https://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 https://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