The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 57

Coates, Frederick Ames (1890-1964) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/270389488/frederick-ames-coates

Coates, Grace Stone; [Mrs. Henderson Coates] (1881-1976) (items) (chron.)

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

Coates, Joseph Hornor (1849-1930) (items) (chron.)

See www.wikitree.com/wiki/Coates-2645

Coates, Robert M(yron) (1897-1973) (items) (chron.)

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

Coates, Ta-Nehisi (Paul) (1975- ) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta-Nehisi_Coates

Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane (1893-1986) (items) (chron.)

Born in Buffalo, N.Y.

Cobb, Elisabeth; [i.e., Elisabeth Cobb Chapman Rogers] (1902-1959); also known as Elisabeth Cobb Chapman (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/61262455/elisabeth-rogers

Cobb, Frank Irving (1869-1923) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_I._Cobb

Cobb, Humphrey (1899-1944) (items) (chron.)

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

Cobb, Humphry (Henry) (1873-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

Cobb, Irvin S(hrewsbury) (1876-1944) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvin_S._Cobb

Cobb, Ivo Geikie (1887-1953) (items) (chron.)

A doctor.

Cobb, Thomas (1854-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born and lived in London; left school at age 12 and worked for some 20 years in his father’s tallowing business; then started writing in 1887; died in Hampstead, London, England. Father of Belton Cobb.

Cobb, Ty(rus Raymond) (1886-1961) (items)

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

Cobban, J(ames) MacLaren (1849-1903) (items) (chron.)

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

Cobbe, Mira L(ove) (1871-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in North Carolina as Mira L. Cobb but by 1894 was spelling her surname Cobbe; also sometimes listed as Myra L. Cobb.

Cobbett, William (1763-1835) (items) (chron.)

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

Cobbledick, Gordon (1898-1969) (items) (chron.)

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

Cobbold, Richard (1797-1877) (items) (chron.)

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

Cober, Alan E. (1935-1998) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_E._Cober

Cobham, [Sir] Alan J(ohn) (1894-1973) (items) (chron.)

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

Coblentz, Catherine Cate (1897-1951) (items) (chron.)

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

Coblentz, Stanton A(rthur) (1896-1982) (items) (chron.)

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

Coburn, Alvin Langdon (1882-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Coburn, Walter J(ohn) (1889-1971) (items) (chron.)

Writer of western novels and short stories. Born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana Territory; lived in Arizona.

Cochet, Henri (Jean) (1901-1987) (items) (chron.)

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

Cochran, Andrew McConnell January (1854-1934) (items)

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

Cochran, Jacqueline (1906-1980) (items) (chron.)

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

Cochran, Ruth Gilbert (1893-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Washington D.C.; author of numerous series books for boys and girls, of magazine stories; was fiction editor for newspaper syndicate.

Cochrane, Alfred (Henry John) (1865-1948) (items) (chron.)

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

Cochrane, [Dame] Anne Annette Minna (1855-1943) (items)

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

Cochrane, John I(ra, M.D.) (1870-1949) (items) (chron.)

Writer, and a genuine doctor, having received an M.D. from the University of Virginia. Born in East Dorset, Vermont; died in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Cochrane, Mickey; [i.e., Gordon Stanley Cochrane] (1903-1962) (items) (chron.)

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

Cochrane, Shirley Graves (1925-2015) (items) (chron.)

See https://www.loweneddofuneralhome.com/obituaries/shirley-cochrane-2

Cochrane-Baillie, Charles (Wallace Alexander Napier, 2nd Baron Lamington) (1860-1940) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cochrane-Baillie,_2nd_Baron_Lamington

Cock, J(ohn) G(ilbert) (1893-1966) (items)

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

Cockburn, (Francis) Claud (1904-1981) (items) (chron.)

Father of Sarah Cockburn.

Cockburn, [Sir] John A(lexander) (1850-1929) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cockburn_(Australian_politician)

Cockcroft, [Sir] John (Douglas) (1897-1967) (items) (chron.)

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

Cocker, Mark (1959- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Cocking, Ronald (William J.) (1917-1999) (items) (chron.)

Born in Portsmouth, England; died in Surrey; served in the Royal Air Force in WWII; worked at Scotland Yard in some capacity; went to Canada to try to get his books published there and was editor of the Hamilton [Ontario] News.

Cockrell, Frank; [i.e., Francis M. Cockrell, III] (1906-1987) (items) (chron.)

Father of Amanda Cockrell.

Cockrell, Marian (née Brown) (1909-1999) (items) (chron.)

Mother of Amanda Cockrell.

Coconis, Ted (Constantinos) (1927- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.tedcoconis.com

Cocroft, Thoda (Stancliffe) (1891-1943) (items) (chron.)

Born in California, worked in the theatre and as a writer.

Cody, H(iram) A(lfred) (1872-1948) (items) (chron.)

Born in Cody, New Brunswick; Anglican priest, missionary and archdeacon in Canada.

Cody, [Col.] W(illiam) F(rederick) “Buffalo Bill” (1846-1917) (items) (chron.)

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

Coe, Charles Francis (1890-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Buffalo, N.Y.; Joined the Navy at 17, spent 5 years as a professional fighter, then a radio sports announcer (and may have invented ringside commentary), then took up writing, went to Hollywood as a screenwriter, then became a lawyer and general counsel for the motion picture producers; moved to Florida and practiced there; became editor and publisher of the Palm Beach Post; died in Palm Beach, FL. Father of Betty Coe Spicer.

Coe, Charles H(enry) (1856-1954) (items) (chron.)

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

Coe, Charles H. (1890-1956) (items) (chron.)

American mystery writer.

Coe, Ethel L(ouise) (1878-1938) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist/Ethel_Louise_Coe/28219/Ethel_Louise_Coe.aspx

Coetzee, J(ohn) M(axwell) (1940- ) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Coetzee

Coffer, Helene Lewis; [born Helene Martha Lewis] (1926-2018) (items) (chron.)

See www.hansenmortuary.com/helen-lewis-coffer/

Coffin, Ernest Edwin (1898-1954) (items) (chron.)

See sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.1152

Coffin, Robert P(eter) Tristram (1892-1955) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._T._Coffin

Coffin, Robert Stevenson (1797-1827) (items) (chron.)

See famousamericans.net/robertstevensoncoffin

Coffin, Tris(tram) (1909-1990) (items) (chron.)

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

Coffin, W(illiam) Haskell (1878-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Charleston, South Carolina; died in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Coggins, Jack (Banham) (1911-2006) (items) (chron.)

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

Coggins, Mark (1957- ) (items) (chron.)

Born in N. Mex.; has two degrees from Stanford and lives in S.F.

Coghlan, Rose; [i.e., Rosamond Marie Coghlan] (1851-1932) (items)

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

Cogswell, Tobi (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.pw.org/content/tobi_cogswell

Cohan, George M(ichael) (1878-1942) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Cohan

Cohan, Ray (1914-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in New Rochelle, New York; lives in New Jersey.

Cohen, Alfred J(acob) (1861-1928); used pseudonym Alan Dale (items) (chron.)

Born in Birmingham; dramatic critic for New York newspapers 1887-1915, then New York World; playwright.

Cohen, Andrea (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.andreacohen.org

Cohen, Bella (1899-1990) (items) (chron.)

Born Romania, married Samuel Spewack in 1922 in New York, where she died in 1990.