The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 125

Welles, (George) Orson (1915-1985) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles

Welles, (Benjamin) Sumner (1892-1961) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_Welles

Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington

Welliver, Judson C(hurchill) (1870-1943) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judson_Welliver

Wellman, Manly Wade (1903-1986) (items) (chron.)

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

Wellman, Paul I(selin) (1895-1966) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wellman

Wells, A(rthur) W(alter) (1894-1977) (items) (chron.)

Born in England; journalist; served in WWI, then on staff of Cape Argus; spent some time in New Zealand, then back to South Africa; became editor of The Outspan from 1927.

Wells, Amos R(ussel) (1862-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Russel_Wells

Wells, Carolyn; [i.e., Carolyn Wells Houghton] (1869-1942); also known as Carolyn Wells Houghton (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Wells

Wells, Emmett Mixx Spencer (1869-?) (items) (chron.)

Traveller, writer, adventurer. Born in Brooklyn, New York.

Wells, G. A. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/04/ga-wells-first-story-of-far-north.html

Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells

Wells, Hal K.; [i.e., Harold Kerton Wells] (1899-1979) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/12/hal-k-wells-1899.html

Wells, Lee E(dwin) (1907-1982) (items) (chron.)

Born in Indianapolis; licensed public accountant in California; associated with an occult school in New York City; has been an MWA board member; deeply involved in Freemasonry. Living near Los Angeles; working in advertising and TV production; author of short stories.

Wells, William H. (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps advertising agent and sales executive William Henson Wells (1886?-1958). Not to be confused with educationist William Hughes Wells (1859-1919).

Welshimer, Helen (1901-1954) (items) (chron.)

See library.milligan.edu/wp-content/uploads/archives/Helen%20Welshimer%20Finding%20Aid.pdf

Welty, Eudora (1909-2001) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudora_Welty

Wentworth-James, Gertie de S. (1874-1933); previously known as Gertie de S. Webster (items) (chron.)

See sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wentworth-james_gertie_de_s

Wenzel, Bill (1918-1987) (items) (chron.)

See lynn-munroe-books.com/list65/Bill_Wenzel.htm

Wenzell, Zillah; [i.e., Mrs. Adolph H. Wenzell, born Zillah Townsend Thompson] (1897-1973) (items) (chron.)

See www.woodvorwerk.com/wood/g22/p22583.htm

Werfel, Franz (1890-1945) (items) (chron.)

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

Werner, C(lint) L(ee) (1973- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.vermintime.com

Wert, George H(arrison) (1888-1950) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wert.html

Wescott, Glenway (1901-1987) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenway_Wescott

Wessolowski, Hans W(aldemar) “Wesso” (1894-1948) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wesso.html

West, Anna (1938- ) (items) (chron.)

Retired university English composition teacher living in Las Vegas.

West, Anthony (Panther) (1914-1987) (items) (chron.)

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

West, Horace J. (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)

California expert on mines and mining.

West, (Mary) Jessamyn (1902-1984) (items) (chron.)

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

West, Morris L(anglo) (1916-1999) (items) (chron.)

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

West, Paul (Clarendon) (1871-1918) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps the pseudonym of journalist William Andrew Johnson (1879-1929); perhaps journalist Paul Clarendon West (1871-1918); perhaps somebody else.

West, [Dame] Rebecca; pseudonym of Cecily Isabel Fairfield Andrews (1892-1983) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_West

West, William (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)

U.S. Forest Ranger on Black Mesa Reserve. Also a lawyer.

Westall, William (Bury) (1834-1903) (items) (chron.)

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes (1846-1898) (items) (chron.)

Born in Syracuse, N.Y.

Westenholz, Mary (Bess) (1857-1947) (items) (chron.)

See da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Westenholz

Westerby, Robert (James) (1909-1968) (items) (chron.)

Born and lived in London; foreign correspondent and screen writer; invited to California to work for Disney in 1961; died in Santa Monica, California.

Westlake, Donald E(dwin Edmund) (1933-2008) (items) (chron.)

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

Westman, Lolita Ann (1906-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0922850/

Weston, Christine (1904-1989) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1989/05/06/obituaries/christine-weston-85-author-of-novels-and-stories.html

Weston, Garnett (James) (1890-1980) (items) (chron.)

Born in Toronto; editor for Vancouver Sun, then to Los Angeles for screen writing for 20 years; then to Vancouver Island in 1942; died in Victoria.

Weston, George (Thomas) (1880-1965) (items) (chron.)

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

Weston, Jessie L(aidlay) (1850-1928) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Weston

Weston, Joanna M. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See 1960willowtree.wordpress.com

Westrup, William (1881-1943) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; went to South Africa by 1900 and became a diamond digger and trader.

Wetherald, Ethelwyn (1857-1940) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelwyn_Wetherald

Wetherill, Julie K.; [i.e., Julia Kein Wetherill Baker] (1858-1931) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_K._Wetherill_Baker

Wethey, Leila Holt Lomax (1865-1933) (items) (chron.)

Born in Stratford, England; married naturalized American Arthur Harvey Wethey in 1905; lived in the U.S. 1908-1914, then in Paris where she died.

Wetjen, Albert Richard (1900-1948) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/04/albert-r-wetjen-sailor-writer.html

Wetmore, Claude H(azeltine) (1862-1944) (items) (chron.)

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

Wever, Robert (fl. 1550s) (items) (chron.)

See englishverse.com/poets/wever_robert

Wexler, Elmer (1918-2007) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wexler.html

Weybright, Victor (1903-1978) (items) (chron.)

Author and editor; founder of popular paperback publishing company the New American Library. Born in Keymar, Maryland; died in New York City.

Whalen, Grover A(loysius) (1886-1962) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Whalen

Wharram, James (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Lived in North Wales, Great Britain.

Wharton, Edith (Newbold) (1862-1937) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wharton

Wheatley, William M(orter) (1838-1926) (items) (chron.)

See www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/Result_Details.aspx?DocID=313284

Wheeler, A(ndrew) C(arpenter) (1835-1903) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York City.

Wheeler, E(dward) J(oseph) (1847-1933) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/03/e-j-wheeler.html

Wheeler, Ethel Rolt (1869-1958) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Rolt_Wheeler

Wheeler, Hugh Callingham (1912-1987) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler

Wheeler-Nicholson, [Major] Malcolm (1890-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Wheeler-Nicholson

Wheelwright, Edith Gray (1868-1949) (items) (chron.)

Born in Surrey; died in Weston-super-Mare; writer on popular science.

Whelan, Gloria (Ann) (1923- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Whelan

Wheldon, [Sir] Huw (Pyrs) (1916-1986) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huw_Wheldon

Whelton, Paul (Francis) (1894-1953) (items) (chron.)

Born in Boston; died in Braintree, Massachusetts; veteran newspaper man who was with the Boston Daily Record at the time of his death.

Whipple, Chandler H(enry) (1905-1977) (items) (chron.)

Writer and editor. Born in Jackson County, Michigan; lived in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.