British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

Biographical Notes: Page 26

van Beek, Theo(dore) (1898-1958) (items) (chron.)

See behindtheirlines.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-war-office-regrets.html

Vandam, Albert D(resden) (1843-1903) (items) (chron.)

Born in London, son of a Dutch official in charge of their state lottery; raised in Paris, but after the Franco-Prussian war settled into a career in journalism in London; Paris correspondent for the Globe 1882-1887; died penniless in London.

Varah, (Edward) Chad (1911-2007) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/chad-varah-1911-2007.html

Vaughan, John (1855-1922) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vaughan_(canon)

Vaux, Patrick; pseudonym of Maclaren Mein (1872-1935) (items) (chron.)

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

Veigelsberg, Hugó (1869-1949); used pseudonym Ignotus (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignotus

Velestinlis, (Antonios) Rigas (1757-1798) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigas_Feraios

Verne, Jules (Gabriel) (1828-1905) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

Verner, Gerald; pseudonym of John Robert Stuart Pringle (1897-1980) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/gerald-verner.html

Verpilleux, Émile (Antoine) (1888-1964) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Antoine_Verpilleux

Verrill, A(lpheus) Hyatt (1871-1954) (items) (chron.)

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

Victor, Mrs. M(etta) V(ictoria Fuller) (1831-1886) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metta_Victoria_Fuller_Victor

Villiers, Alan (John Murray) (1903-1982) (items) (chron.)

Writer, lecturer, sailor, nautical expert. Born in Melbourne, Australia; died in Oxford, England.

Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth (, Countess of Jersey) (1849-1945) (items) (chron.)

See www.hymnary.org/person/ChildVilliers_Margaret

Vise, (Marjorie) Jennetta (Blithe) (1912-1979) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2007/06/jenetta-vise.html

Vivian, E(velyn) Charles (Henry); pseudonym of Charles Cannell (1882-1947) (items) (chron.)

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

Vivian, Herbert (1865-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in Chichester; educated at Harrow and Cambridge; founder of Royalist International; author, journalist and foreign correspondent.

Volk, Gordon (1885-1962) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brighton; educated at College de Dieppe; author and journalist.

Vynne, Nora (1864-1914) (items) (chron.)

See www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803120306174

Waddell, C(harles) C(arey) (1868-1930) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ohio; graduate of Marietta College; newspaperman in Ohio before becoming full-time writer.

Wain, Louis (1860-1939) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Wain

Wakefield, G(eorge) W(illiam) (1887-1942) (items) (chron.)

See britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/George_William_Wakefield

Walford, L(ucy) B(ethia Colquhoun) (1845-1915) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Bethia_Walford

Walford, P(ercival John) (1893-1978) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/03/p-walford.html

Walker, David (Harry) (1911-1992) (items) (chron.)

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

Walker, Frank H. (fl. 1890s-1910s) (items) (chron.)

Lived in Chicago, Illinois.

Walker, Rowland (1876-1947) (items) (chron.)

Author and journalist.

Walkey, S(amuel) (1871-1953) (items) (chron.)

Born in Cornwall.

Wallace, Bryan Edgar (1904-1971) (items) (chron.)

Son of (Richard Horatio) Edgar Wallace. Educated at Cambridge; screenwriter, Diplomatic Secretary at British Embassy in Madrid; owned a chateau in France, but died in Columbus, Ohio.

Wallace, (George) Carlton (1903-1980) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/carlton-wallace.html

Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar (1875-1932) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wallace

Wallace, Helen (Grace) (1853-1944) (items) (chron.)

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland; died in Torquay, England.

Wallage, Peter (1928-2011); used pseudonym Peter Bruce (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2009/04/peter-wallage.html

Waller, S(amuel) E(dmund) (1850-1903) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist_bio/Samuel_Edmund_Waller/11136594/Samuel_Edmund_Waller.aspx

Wallis, George C(harles) (1871-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Walsh, George E(thelbert) (1865-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brooklyn.

Walsh, J(ames) M(organ) (1897-1952) (items) (chron.)

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

Walsh, Thomas (1875-1928) (items) (chron.)

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

Walshe, Douglas (Thomas George) (1880-1952) (items) (chron.)

Father of Elisabeth Ayrton.

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sax_Rohmer

Ward, Atkinson (1882-1965) (items) (chron.)

Husband of Elizabeth Rebecca Ward.

Ward, Elizabeth Rebecca (1880-1978); used pseudonym Fay Inchfawn (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Rebecca_Ward

Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; [Mrs. Herbert Dickinson Ward; born Mary Gray Phelps] (1844-1911); previously known as Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Stuart_Phelps_Ward

Ward, Mrs. Humphry (1851-1920) (items) (chron.)

Born in Tasmania; came to England in 1856; lived successively in Birmingham, Oxford and London.

Warner, P(elham) F(rancis) (1873-1963) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham_Warner

Warren, F(rancis) H(owlett) (1886-1960) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/f-h-warren.html

Warren, (Thomas) J(ohn) Russell (1886-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Reading, England; died in Hertford; journalist.

Warwick, Francis (Alister) (1902-1975) (items) (chron.)

Son of Sidney Warwick.

Warwick, (Harry) Sidney (1871-1953) (items) (chron.)

Educated at St. Peter’s, York, and Oxford. Father of Francis Warwick.

Waters, Kenneth L(ee) (1914-1996) (items) (chron.)

See sclfind.libs.uga.edu/sclfind/view?docId=ead/ms2972.xml

Watkins-Pitchford, Denys (James) (1905-1990) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denys_Watkins-Pitchford

Watson, Rosamund Marriott; [née Ball] (1860-1911); used pseudonym Graham R. Tomson (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosamund_Marriott_Watson

Watson, W(illiam) (1858-1925) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Watson_(botanist)

Watson, William (1858-1935) (items) (chron.)

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

Watt, J. Lauchlan Maclean (1868-?) (items) (chron.)

See tinyurl.com/LauchlanMacleanWatt

Watt, J(ohn) Millar (1895-1975) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Millar_Watt

Watt, Lauchlan MacLean (1867-1957) (items) (chron.)

Educated at Edinburgh University; clergyman, Church of Scotland.

Way, (Robert) Bernard (1890-1958) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2008/10/r-barnard-way.html

Weatherly, Frederic E(dward) (1848-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Weatherly

Webb, Archibald (Bertram) (1887-1944) (items) (chron.)

See www.lookandlearn.com/blog/11017/archibald-webb-artist/

Webb, Kaye; [i.e., Kathleen Webb] (1914-1996) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaye_Webb

Webb, Matthew (1848-1883) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb

Webster, [Captain] F(rederick) A(nnesley) M(ichael) (1886-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

Wedgwood, [Lady] C(icely) V(eronica) (1910-1997) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Wedgwood

Weigall, G(erald) J(ohn) V(illiers) (1870-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Weigall

Weir, Rosemary (née Green) (1905-1994) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2006/11/rosemary-weir.html

Welch, Ann (Courtenay) (1917-2002) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Welch