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Parkhill, Forbes (1892-1974) (items) (chron.)
Born and lived in Denver; died in San Diego.


Parkhurst, H(arry) L(emon) V(ictor) (1876-1962) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Parkhurst.html


Parks, Mary (1910-1997) (items) (chron.)
See www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/mary-parks


Pate, Roberta M. (1895-1969) (items) (chron.)
See www.newspapers.com/article/times-record-news-obituary-for-roberta-m/144408012/


Patenaude, Roland (Joseph) (1912-1989) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Patenaude.html


Paterson, J(ames) Phillips (1877-1948) (items) (chron.)
See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/j-phillips-paterson.html


Patmore, Coventry (Kersey Dighton) (1823-1896) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Patmore


Patten, Lewis B(yford) (1915-1981) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_B._Patten


Patten, William George (1866-1945) (items) (chron.)
Author of numerous “Frank Merriwell” novels under the pseudonym “Burt L. Standish.” Born in Corinna, Maine; died in Vista, California. Note: Patten was born William George Patten and is carried that way in some bibliographies.


Patterson, Arthur W(illis) (1888-1946) (items) (chron.)
See www.maine.gov/msl/maine/writdisplay.shtml?id=424533


Pattullo, George (Robson, II) (1879-1967) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pattullo_(writer)


Paust, Gil(bert Harry) (1912-1988) (items) (chron.)
Free-lance writer and the 14th editor of Adventure magazine. An expert on outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing, and also knowledgeable about aeronautics. His claim to hold a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University cannot be substantiated. Born in and resident of Yonkers, New York. Like Alden Norton before him and Bruce Cassiday after him, Gil Paust contributed prolifically to Adventure, but because he used a number of pseudonyms, his contributions are not realized.


Payne, John (1912-1989) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Payne_(actor)


Payne, Stephen (1888-1970) (items) (chron.)
Prolific writer of westerns. Born in North Park, Colorado; died in Denver, Colorado (?).


Peach, Arthur Wallace (1886-1956) (items) (chron.)
Poet. Essayist, novelist, teacher. Born and resident in Vermont.


Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866) (items) (chron.)
Born in Dorsetshire; largely self-educated; employed by the East India Company for many years.


Peacock, Wilbur Scott (1915-1979) (items) (chron.)
Editor, writer of short stories and television scripts. Born in Kansas; died in Los Angeles, California.


Pearsall, Robert J(ames) (1885-1948) (items) (chron.)
See www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-obituary-for-robert-jam/153855854


Pearse, Alfred (1856-1933) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Pearse


Pearsol, John G(ilmore) (1895-1943) (items) (chron.)
Born in Ohio, lived in Texas and Florida.


Pearsol, Zella (Irene) (1897-1989) (items) (chron.)
Wife of John G. Pearsol.


Peddie, Tom; [i.e., Thomas Hutchison Peddie] (1874-1954) (items) (chron.)
See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/01/tom-peddie.html


Peeples, Samuel A(nthony) (1917-1997) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Peeples


Peil, Paul L(eslie) (1912-1979) (items) (chron.)
See www.imdb.com/name/nm0670527


Peixotto, Irma (Maduro) (1881-1964) (items) (chron.)
See www.askart.com/artist/Irma_Maduro_Peixotto/133926/Irma_Maduro_Peixotto.aspx


Pelley, William Dudley (1890-1965) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dudley_Pelley


Pemberton, [Sir] Max (1863-1950) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pemberton_max


Pendexter, Hugh (1875-1940) (items) (chron.)
See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/04/hugh-pendexter.html


Periconi, Domingo F(rancesco Mario) (1883-1940) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Periconi.html


Perkins, Anthony (1932-1992) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Perkins


Perkins, Kenneth (Taylor) (1890-1951) (items) (chron.)
See oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8b28311


Perrins, Glen (1902-1988) (items) (chron.)
See www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-obituary-for-glen/146147027


Perry, Clay; [i.e., Clair Willard Perry] (1887-1961) (items) (chron.)
Author, editor, journalist, expert on paper. Born in Badger (some sources say Waupaca) Wisconsin; died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.


Perry, Oliver Hazard (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items) (chron.)
Presumably one of the many descendants of the American Naval Officer (1785-1819).


Perry, Ralph R. (1895-?) (items) (chron.)
Naval man and traveller; not to be confused with Ralph Barton Perry (1876-1957).


Petaja, Emil (Theodore) (1915-2000) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/petaja_emil


Petersen, Herman (1893-1973) (items) (chron.)
Born in Utica, N.Y.; writer for the pulps; worked for Utica newspapers; was a postmaster in Poolville, N.Y.


Peterson, West F.; [i.e., Wesley Frank Peterson] (1907-1981) (items)
See geneseo.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011836-12312020&e=wesley f peterson&m=between&ord=e1&fn=geneseo_republic_usa_illinois_geneseo_19810501_english_9&df=1&dt=5


Pettee, F(lorence) M(ae) (1885-1966) (items) (chron.)
Born in Spencer, Massachusetts; died in Foxborough, Massachusetts.


Pettigrew, Homer (1915-1997) (items) (chron.)
See www.prorodeohalloffame.com/inductees/by-category/steer-wrestling/homer-pettigrew/


Pfalser, Ivan L(ewis) (1930-2014) (items) (chron.)
See www.pottsfuneralhome.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=52494&locid=90


Pfeifer, Pat(sy Mae) (1932-1987) (items) (chron.)
See www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian-pat-pfeifer/157293997/


Phares, (Oscar) Ross (1908-2006) (items) (chron.)
See www.findagrave.com/memorial/235005860/oscar-ross-phares


Phillips, Ernie; [i.e., Ernest Allen Phillips] (1897-1988) (items) (chron.)
See www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-ernie-phillips/153831220/


Phillips, Henry Wallace (1869-1930) (items) (chron.)
See buddiesinthesaddle.blogspot.com/2011/05/henry-wallace-phillips-red-saunders.html


Phillips, John Randolph (1904-1993) (items) (chron.)
See scottsvillemuseum.com/portraits/homeKM209acdKM09.html


Phillips, Michael J(ames) (1876-?) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/phillips_michael_j


Phillips, Roland (Ashford) (1884-1969) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/phillips_roland_ashford


Phillips, Ron Earl (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)
See www.ronearlphillips.com


Phin; pseudonym of Ernest Thayer (1863-1940) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Thayer


Pierce, Frank(lin) Richardson (1887-1966) (items) (chron.)
Writer. Born in Greenfield, Massachusetts; died in Washington (?).


Pink, [Rev.] Harry Leigh “Hal” (1906-1973) (items) (chron.)
See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/hal-pink.html


Pinkerton, Kathrene (Gedney) (1887-1967) (items) (chron.)
See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/06/kathrene-and-robert-pinkerton-husband.html


Pinkerton, Robert E(ugene) (1882-1970) (items) (chron.)
See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/06/kathrene-and-robert-pinkerton-husband.html


Pitt, Chart(ly Artell) (1878-1966) (items) (chron.)
Born in Portage County, Wisconsin; contributed short stories, novelettes and verse to many newspapers and periodicals in the U.S. and abroad; member of Washington State legislature; died in Mukito, Washington.


Pitt, Stanley (John Joseph) (1925-2002) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Pitt


Pitt, William (?-1840) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_(ship-builder)


Pitts, Tom (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)
See www.tompittsauthor.com


Pitzer, R(obert) C(laiborne) (1879-1962) (items) (chron.)
See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38922516


Pladwell, E(dgar) S(pencer) (1884-1964) (items) (chron.)
Journalist and writer. Probably born in Oregon (one source says Brooklyn, New York); lived in Oakland, California.


Plaisted, (Charles) Max(well) (1902-1956) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Plaisted.html


Plimmer, Denis (1914-1981) (items) (chron.)
See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2020/09/denis-plimmer-1914-1981-part-one.html


Poate, Ernest M(arsh) (1884-1935) (items) (chron.)
Born on a ship in the Indian Ocean; died in Southern Pines, North Carolina; psychiatrist, attorney and author.


Poe, Dupree (1902-1965) (items) (chron.)
Born in Texas, convicted of slaying marshal, served 31 year jail sentence in Oregon. Died in a car accident.


Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe


Pollock, Frank Lillie (1876-1957) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pollock_frank_lillie


Poole, Reginald Heber (1885-1959) (items) (chron.)
Born in Northwich; author, editor, and journalist.



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