The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 23

Benstead, C(harles) R(ichard) (1896-1980) (items) (chron.)

Lt. Commander in the Royal Navy.

Bensusan, S(amuel) L(evy) (1872-1958) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_L._Bensusan

Bent, James Theodore (1852-1897) (items) (chron.)

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

Bent, Silas (1882-1945) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kentucky; newspaperman and professor of journalism; author of biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Bentham, Josephine (Alena) (1901-1987) (items) (chron.)

Born in Boston; died in Volusia, Florida.

Bentinck, Henry N(oel) (1919-1997) (items) (chron.)

Educated at Sandhurst and Harrow; served in the Coldstream Guards in Italy in WWII; then talks producer with the BBC; lived for three years in Tasmania; produced advertising for J. Walter Thompson Agency; an environmentalist.

Bentine, Michael; [born Michael James Bentin] (1922-1996) (items) (chron.)

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

Bentivoglio-Middleton, Count Enrico (1923-2002) (items) (chron.)

See www.geni.com/people/Enrico-Henry-Middleton/6000000063638380821

Bentley, Dick; [i.e., Charles Walter Bentley] (1907-1995) (items)

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

Bentley, E(dmund) C(lerihew) (1875-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Bentley, H(enry) Cumberland (1860-1913) (items) (chron.)

First name sometimes given as Harry.

Bentley, J(ohn) J(ames) (1860-1918) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bentley_(football_manager)

Bentley, J(ohn) M(itchell) (1856-1903) (items) (chron.)

Composer and conductor of the Bolton Choral Union; also a music teacher.

Bentley, John (James) (1860-1918) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bentley_(football_manager)

Bentley, Nicolas (Clerihew) (1907-1978) (items) (chron.)

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

Bentley, Phyllis (Eleanor) (1894-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Benton, Robert (Douglas) (1932-2025) (items) (chron.)

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

Benton, Thomas Hart (1899-1975) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(painter)

Ben-Yusuf, Zaida (1869-1933) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaida_Ben-Yusuf

Benz, Chanelle (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.chanellebenz.com

Benzon, (Carl) Otto (Valdemar) (1856-1927) (items) (chron.)

See da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Benzon

Béranger, Pierre-Jean de (1780-1857) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Jean_de_Béranger

Bérard, Léon (1876-1960) (items) (chron.)

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

Bercovici, Alfred (1913-1999) (items) (chron.)

American author. Lived in New York City at least part of his life. Does not appear to be related to Konrad Bercovici.

Bercovici, Konrad (1882-1961) (items) (chron.)

Rumanian-born author, resident in U.S. from 1916. Born in Bralia, Rumania; died in New York City.

Bercovici, Rada; [i.e., Révolte Bercovici] (1906-1993) (items) (chron.)

Daughter of Konrad Bercovici.

Bercovici, Rion (1903-1976) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1976/08/08/archives/rion-bercovici-73-headed-public-relations-concern.html

Beres, Michael (A.) (1943- ) (items) (chron.)

Author of mystery short stories; has taught creative writing at Purdue University; living in Illinois.

Beresford, Charles (fl. 1940s) (items) (chron.)

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

Beresford, J(ohn) D(avys) (1873-1947) (items) (chron.)

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

Beresford, James (1764-1840) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beresford_(writer)

Beresford, John Graham (Hope Horsley de la Poer, 5th Baron Decies) (1866-1944) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Beresford,_5th_Baron_Decies

Beresford, Leslie; [born Charles Beresford Painter, name assumed in 1910] (1878-1946) (items) (chron.)

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

Beresford-Howe, Constance (1922- ) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Beresford-Howe

Berg, A(ndrew) Scott (1949- ) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Scott_Berg

Berg, Carol (1948- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Berg, Gertrude; [born Tillie Edelstein] (1899-1966) (items)

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

Berg, Leila; [née Goller] (1917-2012) (items) (chron.)

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

Bergdoll, Grover Cleveland (1893-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Bergen, Andrez (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See andrezbergen.wordpress.com

Bergen, Edgar; [born Edgar John Berggren] (1903-1978) (items)

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

Bergen, Frances (née Westerman) (1922-2006) (items)

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

Bergen, Polly; [born Nellie Paulina Burgin] (1930-2014) (items)

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

Bergengren, A(nna); married name of Anna Farquhar (1865-1945) (items) (chron.)

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

Bergengren, Ralph Wilhelm (Alexis) (1871-1947) (items) (chron.)

See www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ralph-bergengren

Bergenroth, Gustav (Adolf) (1813-1869) (items)

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

Berger, (Julius) David (1906-1982) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BD.html

Berger, John (Peter) (1926-2017) (items) (chron.)

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

Berger, Thomas (Louis) (1924-2014) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Berger_(novelist)

Bergerat, Émile (1845-1923) (items) (chron.)

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

Bergey, Earle K(ulp) (1901-1952) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BE.html

Bergier, Jacques; [born Yakov Mikhailovich Berger] (1912-1978) (items) (chron.)

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

Bergman, Ingrid (1915-1982) (items) (chron.)

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

Bergmann, F. J. “Jeannie” (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See fibitz.livejournal.com

Bergner, Daniel (1960- ) (items) (chron.)

See danielbergner.com

Bergner, Elisabeth; [born Ella vel Ettel Bergner] (1897-1986) (items)

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

Berkeley, George (1685-1783) (items) (chron.)

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

Berkeley, Reginald (Cheyne) (1890-1935) (items) (chron.)

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

Berkeley, Stanley (Tyerman) [born Stanley Tyerman Berkley] (1855-1909) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2018/11/stanley-berkeley.html

Berle, A(dolf) A(ugustus), Jr. (1895-1971) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_A._Berle

Berle, Milton; [born Mendel Berlinger] (1908-2002) (items) (chron.)

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

Berlin, Ellin (Mackay) [Mrs. Irving Berlin] (1903-1988) (items) (chron.)

See knowledgecenter.unr.edu/specoll/mss/90-87.aspx

Berlin, Irving; [born Israel Beilin] (1888-1989) (items) (chron.)

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

Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) (items) (chron.)

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

Berlitz, Charles F(rambach) (1913-2003) (items) (chron.)

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

Berlyn, Annie (1862-1943) (items) (chron.)

Author & journalist, wife of Alfred Berlyn and mother of His Honour B. H. Berlyn, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Leeward Islands.

Berman, Sam (1906-1995) (items) (chron.)

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