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- White, T(erence) H(anbury) (1906-1964) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._H._White
- White, William A(nthony) P(arker) (1911-1968); used pseudonym Anthony Boucher (items) (chron.)
- Editor, critic, writer, co-founder of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. He was born and died in Oakland, California.
- White, William Patterson (1884-1954) (items) (chron.)
- Western novelist. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota; lived in Tularosa, New Mexico.
- Whitear, A(lbert) R(ichard) (1906-1989) (items) (chron.)
- See bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/02/r-whitear.html
- Whitehand, Robert (1910-1945) (items) (chron.)
- See staging.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMA422_Whitehand_Hall_University_of_Oklahoma_Norman_OK
- Whitehead, Charles (1804-1862) (items) (chron.)
- Born in London; died in Melbourne; early in career worked as a clerk and wrote poetry; led a notably dissipated life; went to Australia in 1857 to start afresh and died a pauper there.
- Whitehead, Henry S(t. Clair) (1882-1932) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_S._Whitehead
- Whitehead, Jesse O. (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)
- Perhaps from Colorado.
- Whitehead, Walter (1874-1956) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Chicago, Illinois; died in Dare, Virginia (?).
- Whitehill, (Howard) Joseph (Jr.) (1927-2011) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Columbus, Ohio and died in Haverford, Pennsylvania; served in U.S. Navy; earned a masters degree at Johns Hopkins Unviersity, followed by doctoral program in criminal justice at Florida State University; accountant, master machinist and electronics designer; became manager of a tool corporation and of Whitehill Oil Corporation.
- Whitehouse, Arch; [i.e., Arthur George Joseph Whitehouse] (1895-1979) (items) (chron.)
- Author, journalist, screenwriter, cartoonist. He was in the Royal Flying Corps, No. 22 Squadron, and is credited with destroying 16 enemy aircraft and 6 kite balloons. Born in Northampton, England; came to the United States in 1905; died in Lincoln Park, New Jersey.
- Whitelaw, David (1875-1971) (items) (chron.)
- Born in London. Journalist; editor of The London Magazine and The Premier Magazine. Lived in Brighton.
- Whiteley, Aliya (1974- ) (items) (chron.)
- See aliyawhiteley.wordpress.com
- Whitesides, Kim (fl. 1960s-2010s) (items) (chron.)
- See kimwhitesides.com
- Whitfield, Raoul F(alconia) (1896-1945) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Whitfield
- Whiting, Lilian (1847-1942) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Whiting
- Whitlock, Brand (1869-1934) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_Whitlock
- Whitman, Edmund S(purr) (1900-1987) (items) (chron.)
- Writer and retired executive with the United Fruit Company. Born in Fort Meade, South Dakota; lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Whitman, Stephen French (1880-1948) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Philadelphia.
- Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman
- Whitney, Adeline Dutton (née Train) (1824-1906) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeline_Dutton_Train_Whitney
- Whitney, Helen (Julia) Hay (1875-1944); previously known as Helen Hay (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hay_Whitney
- Whitson, Beth Slater (1879-1930) (items) (chron.)
- See www.bethslaterwhitson.com
- Whitson, John H(arvey) (1854-1936) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Seymour, Indiana; teacher; head of religious education department, Hardin College, Mexico, Missouri.
- Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier
- Whittlesea, Michael (1938- ) (items) (chron.)
- See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/mike-whittlesea.html
- Whymant, Dr. (A.) Neville (J.) (1894-?) (items) (chron.)
- Writer. Born in Rothwell, Northants, England; lived in Surrey, England.
- Whyte, Jack (1940-2021) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Whyte
- Wiat, [Sir] Thomas (1522-1554) (items) (chron.)
- See www.findagrave.com/memorial/66119412/thomas-wiat
- Wickham, Harvey (1872-1930) (items) (chron.)
- Novelist and essayist. Born in Middletown, New York; died in Rome, Italy.
- Wiese, Kurt (1887-1974) (items) (chron.)
- See www.askart.com/artist/Kurt_Wiese/24364/Kurt_Wiese.aspx
- Wieting, John (fl. 1940s) (items) (chron.)
- Perhaps a writer about New York for the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Wigfull, W(illiam) Edward (1874-1944) (items) (chron.)
- See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/w-e-wigfull.html
- Wiggam, Lionel (Carleton) (1914-2005) (items) (chron.)
- See gb.imdb.com/name/nm0927738
- Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith) (1856-1923) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Douglas_Wiggin
- Wiggin, Maurice (Samuel) (1912-1986) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wiggin
- Wiggins, D(onegan Reeder) (1888?-1950) (items) (chron.)
- Probably Donegan Reeder Wiggins (1888?-1950), who served as gun consultant to Adventure. He died in Oregon.
- Wiggins, Walt(on Wray) (1924- ) (items) (chron.)
- Writer and photographer. Born and lives in Roswell, New Mexico.
- Wight, Earle C. (1882?-1932) (items) (chron.)
- Writer; assistant General Freight Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Born in Columbus, Ohio; died in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Wight, James Alfred (1916-1995); used pseudonym James Herriot (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herriot
- Wightman, M(cQueen) S. (1877-1947) (items) (chron.)
- Investment counsel, ex-army officer. Born in Charleston, South Carolina; died in New York City.
- Wignall, Trevor C(harles) (1881-1958) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Wignall
- Wilberforce, Robert (1802-1857) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilberforce
- Wilbur, Ellen (D.) (1943- ) (items) (chron.)
- See harvardmagazine.com/2008/11/filial-fiction.html
- Wilbur, Lawrence N(elson) (1897-1988) (items) (chron.)
- See oldprintgallery.wordpress.com/2015/09/08/lawrence-nelson-wilbur-1897-1988/
- Wilbur, Richard (Purdy) (1921-2017) (items) (chron.)
- See www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/richard-wilbur
- Wilbye, John (1574-1638) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilbye
- Wilcox, Don; [i.e., Cleo Eldon Wilcox] (1905-2000); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wilcox_don
- Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919); previously known as Ella Wheeler (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox
- Wilcox, Harry (1909-?) (items) (chron.)
- Born Percival (or Perceval) George Albert Wilcox in Leyton, Essex.. Served extensively with the British military in the Far East.
- Wilczynski, Katerina (1894-1978) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katerina_Wilczynski
- Wild, Roland (Gibson) (1903-1989) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Manchester, England; died in Vancouver, Canada; educated at Radley College, Oxfordshire; author and journalist with various British and Canadian newspapers, producing stories from Afghanistan and Liberia; emigrated to Canada in 1947.
- Wilde, Hagar (1905-1971) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar_Wilde
- Wilde, Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) (1854-1900) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde
- Wilde, Percival (1887-1953) (items) (chron.)
- Born in New York City; educated at Columbia University; served in U.S. Navy during WWI; inventor of airplane compass devices adopted by the Navy; playwright and book reviewer.
- Wilder, K. C. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)
- See www.kcwilder50ways.com
- Wildridge, Oswald (1868-1941) (items) (chron.)
- a journalist, finishing his career as the editor of the Northern Daily Telegraph (Blackburn).
- Wiley, Allen (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)
- Perhaps economist Allen Vincent Wiley (1898-197?), but probably somebody else.
- Wiley, Harvey W(ashington), M.D. (1844-1930) (items) (chron.)
- See www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/CentennialofFDA/HarveyW.Wiley/ucm081121.htm
- Wiley, Hugh (1884-1968) (items) (chron.)
- Born in Zanesville, Ohio; construction engineer in the U.S., Canada and Mexico; settled in Los Angeles; died in Berkeley, California.
- Wilford, L(oren) F(rederick) (1893-1972) (items) (chron.); Name given as Loren F. Wilford/Loran F. Wilford.
- Born in Wamego, Kansas; died in Stamford, Connecticut (?).
- Wilford-Smith, Francis (1927-2009); used pseudonym Smilby (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Wilford-Smith
- Wilhelm, Kate; [i.e., Katie Gertrude Meredeth Wilhelm Knight] (1928-2018) (items) (chron.)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wilhelm_kate
- Wilhelmi, Paul (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)
- Died in Detroit, Michigan.
- Wilkes, Edward T., M.D. (1889-1983) (items) (chron.)
- Physician, educator and author. Born and died in New York City.
- Wilkie, John Elbert (1860-1934) (items) (chron.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkie
- Wilkins, Frederick (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items) (chron.)
- Not to be confused with the flutist (d. 1969).
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