The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 2

Bacon, Norman E. (1911-1965) (items) (chron.)

Oregon writer.

Baden-Powell, [Sir] Robert (Stephenson Smyth, 1st Baron Baden-Powell) (1857-1941) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell

Bailey, (Horace William) Elliot (1887-1977) (items) (chron.)

Born in Monmouth. Journalist.

Bailey, Ledyard M. (1862-1938) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.com/2019/08/ledyard-m-bailey.html

Baird, Edwin (1886-1957) (items) (chron.)

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee; feature writer for Chicago Daily Journal and Chicago Evening American; first editor of Weird Tales, editor of Real Detective Tales; contributor to magazines from 1906.

Baker, A(lbert) A(llen) (1910-1996) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-obituary-for-albert-a/145673006/

Baker, Earle Franklin (1904-1975) (items) (chron.)

Born Plevna, Indiana, August 26, 1904; worked at Continental Steel Corp., Kokomo, Indiana; died Kokomo January 11, 1975.

Baker, Marc(eil Genee Kolstad) (1911-1998) (items) (chron.)

Wife of A. A. Baker.

Baker, (Mauvra) Nan (1937-1999) (items) (chron.)

Daughter of A. A. Baker & Marc Baker.

Baker, Sherman (1919- ) (items) (chron.)

The above date is given for the writer and business executive, but this may be another Sherman Baker.

Balch, Glenn (1902-1989) (items) (chron.)

See balchipedia.wikidot.com/glennbalch

Baldwin, Hanson W(eightman) (1903-1991) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanson_W._Baldwin

Baldwin, Tillie; [born Mathilda Winger] (1888-1958) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillie_Baldwin

Ball, Joseph H(urst) (1905-1993) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._Ball

Balmer, Edwin (1883-1959) (items) (chron.)

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

Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balzac

Bama, James (Elliott) (1926-2022) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bama

Barbauld, Anna Laetitia Aikin (1743-1825); previously known as Anna Laetitia Aikin (items) (chron.)

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

Barbier, Larry, Jr.; [i.e., Lawrence Barbier] (1923-2009) (items) (chron.)

See capitalart-2.myshopify.com/collections/the-larry-barbier-jr-collection

Barbour, R(alph) H(enry) (1870-1944) (items) (chron.)

Born in Cambridge, Mass.

Barker, Elsa (1869-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Leicester, Vermont; teacher, lecturer, journalist; contributor to magazines; lived for many years in Europe.

Barker, Reginald C(harles) (1881-1937) (items) (chron.)

Novelist and author. Born in Brighton, England; died in Los Angeles, California.

Barker, S(quire) Omar (1894-1985) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Omar_Barker

Barnard, Leslie Gordon (1890-1961) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/leslie-gordon-barnard-1890-1961.html

Barnes, Charles E(mmett) (1890?-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer of western novels. Born in Akron, Ohio.

Barnes, Charles R. (1877-1931) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post-charles-r-barnes-a/138081955

Barreaux, (Adolphe Leslie de Griponne, Jr.) (1899-1985) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Barreaux.html

Barrett, William E(dmund) (1900-1986) (items) (chron.)

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

Barrington, G(eorge) W(hitfield) (1876-1955) (items) (chron.)

Traveller, soldier and author. Died in Dallas, Texas.

Barron, William P. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Writer, born in Texas.

Barton, Eustace Robert (1854-1943); used pseudonym Robert Eustace (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Eustace

Barton, Harry (L., Jr.) (1908-2001) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Barton.html

Batman, L(avern) R(aymond) (1919-1984) (items) (chron.)

www.newspapers.com/article/the-bulletin-lavern-raymond-batman/146091772

Battefield, Ken; [born John Kenneth Battefeld] (1905-1996) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulpartists.com/Battefield.html

Batten, H(arry) Mortimer (1888-1958) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/h-mortimer-batten.html

Baumgartner, Warren W(illiam) (1894-1963) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BW.html

Baumhofer, Walter M(artin) (1904-1987) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BW2.html

Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Haynes_Bayly

Bazán, Emilia Pardo; [i.e., Emilia Pardo Bazán y de la Rúa-Figueroa] (1851-1921) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_Pardo_Bazán

Bazan, Pedro; [i.e., Pedro Bazán de Mendoza] (1758-1835) (items) (chron.)

See gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Bazán_de_Mendoza

Beach, Rex (Ellingwood) (1877-1949) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Beach

Beadle, Charles (1881-?) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Beadle

Beale, William C(unningham) (1878-1966) (items) (chron.)

See sites.rootsmagic.com/mower/individual.php?p=3179

Beam, Maurice (Jerome) (1897-1990) (items) (chron.)

Free-lance writer, reporter. Born in Canton, IL; died in Long Beach, CA.

Beames, John (1889-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Mussoorie, Bengal, India; lived in Canada.

Bean, Judge Roy; [i.e., Phantly Roy Bean, Jr.] (c1825-1903) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Bean

Beard, Wolcott LeClear (1866-1939) (items) (chron.)

Engineer, adventurer and author. Born and died in New York City.

Beaver, Floyd (fl. 1950s) (items) (chron.)

Born in Oklahoma; lived in California.

Bechdolt, Frederick R(itchie) (1874-1950) (items) (chron.)

Author of western fiction. Born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania; died in Carmel, California.

Bechdolt, Jack; [i.e., John Ernest Bechdolt] (1884-1954) (items) (chron.)

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

Bedford-Jones, H(enry James O’Brien) (1887-1949) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bedford-jones_h

Beeler, Charles Richard (1888-1961) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/charles-r-beeler-aka-caddo-cameron.html

Belarski, Rudolph (1900-1983) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BR.html

Bell, William Dixon (1865-1951) (items) (chron.)

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

Bellah, James (1931-2015) (items) (chron.)

See www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=james-bellah&pid=177316214

Bellah, James Warner (1899-1976) (items) (chron.)

Father of James Bellah.

Bellem, Robert Leslie (1902-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Leslie_Bellem

Benda, Władysław T(eodor) (1873-1948) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_T._Benda

Bendell, Don (1947- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bendell

Bender, William, Jr. (1916-2004?) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/william-bender-jr.html

Bending, Frederick J(ames) (1888-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hastings, Sussex, England; emigrated to Canada in 1904; was a railway clerk on 1921 Canadian census; died in California.

Bennet, Robert Ames (1870-1954) (items) (chron.)

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

Bennett, Fred(erick Stanley) (1876-1939) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/fred-bennett.html

Bennett, James W(illiam) (1891-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Mitchell, Indiana; poet, journalist and writer; worked in legal department of U.S. Food Administration, 1918; vice consul to Shanghai, China, 1918-1919, and to Sydney, Australia, 1919; lecturer on short story writing at university in Shanghai, 1922-23; lived in Redlands, California.

Bennett, John (1865-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Bensen, Andrew (August) (1902-1976) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2012/02/andrew-bensen-1902.html

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

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