The Adventure, War, and Espionage Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 7

Chamier, [Sir] J(ohn) A(drian) (1883-1974) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adrian_Chamier

Champion, D(’Arcy) L(yndon) (1902-1968) (items) (chron.)

Writer and creator of the pulp character “The Phantom Detective;” served with the English during World War II. Born in Melbourne, Australia; died in New York City.

Chandler, A(rthur) Bertram (1912-1984) (items) (chron.)

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

Chapel, Charles Edward (1904-1967) (items) (chron.)

See military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Edward_Chapel

Chapin, Carl M(attison) (1879-1938) (items) (chron.)

Born in Waterbury, Connecticut; newspaperman, 1905-1927; contributed fiction to magazines; a specialist in fires and firemen. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut; died in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Chaplin, [Sir] Charles (Spencer) (1889-1977) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin

Chaplin, Syd(ney John) (1885-1965) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Chaplin

Chapman, Arthur (1873-1935) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Chapman_(poet)

Chapman, Victor (Emmanuel) (1890-1916) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Chapman

Chapman, William Gerard (1877-1945) (items) (chron.)

See finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/03476/

Charnley, Mitchell Vaughn (1898-1991) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/mitchell_vaughn.charnley/28516

Charteris, Leslie; [born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin] (1907-1993); previously known as Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Charteris

Chatterton, E(dward) Keble (1878-1944) (items) (chron.)

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

Chennault, Claire L(ee) (1893-1958) (items)

Air Force officer, writer, aviator and airline executive. Born in Commerce, Texas; died in New Orleans, Louisiana. Note: his birthdate is sometimes given as 1890.

Cherry, Samuel (Joseph) (1903-1975) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Cherry.html

Cheshire, Giff(ord Paul) (1905-1973) (items) (chron.)

See archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv75485

Chess, Elliot W(illiam) (1898-1962) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2019/06/elliot-w-chess-fighter-pilot-author.html

Chester, George Randolph (1869-1924) (items) (chron.)

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

Chester, Leland S. (fl. 1910s-1920s) (items) (chron.)

Traveller. Lived in Cleveland, Ohio.

Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith) (1874-1936) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton

Chidsey, Donald Barr (1902-1981) (items) (chron.)

See historicnavalfiction.com/other-authors/1772-donald-barr-chidsey

Child, Richard Washburn (1881-1935) (items) (chron.)

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts; educated at Harvard Law School; Ambassador to Italy, 1920-1924; contributor of articles on political and social themes to magazines; once married to Maude Parker.

Chisholm, A(rthur) M(urray) (1872-1960) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/10/am-chisholm-author-lawyer-judge-coroner.html

Choate, Pearson (1886?-1960) (items) (chron.)

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

Choong, K. S.; pseudonym of Choong Kok Swee (1920-1987) (items) (chron.)

See spectrelibrary.wordpress.com/2023/10/29/phantom-vol-1-no-1-1957-a-weird-stories-magazine/

Choong, Michael; pseudonym of Choong Kok Swee (1920-1987) (items) (chron.)

See spectrelibrary.wordpress.com/2023/10/29/phantom-vol-1-no-1-1957-a-weird-stories-magazine/

Choong Kok Swee (1920-1987); used pseudonyms K. S. Choong & Michael Choong (items) (chron.)

See spectrelibrary.wordpress.com/2023/10/29/phantom-vol-1-no-1-1957-a-weird-stories-magazine/

Christie, Agatha (Mary Clarissa) (1890-1976) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie

Christopher, John; pseudonym of C. S. Youd (1922-2012) (items) (chron.)

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

Christy, Howard Chandler (1873-1952) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Chandler_Christy

Chubb, Thomas Caldecot (1899-1972) (items) (chron.)

See drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:tchubb&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes

Chunn, Seymour C(unningham) (1889-1927) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/07/weird-tales-april-1923-part-three.html

Church, Henry F. (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

South Carolina writer.

Churchill, Roy P. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Served in the Navy. Perhaps from Ohio, perhaps from Kentucky.

Churchill, [Sir] Winston (Leonard) S(pencer) (1874-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill

Chute, Arthur Hunt (1890-1929) (items) (chron.)

See archives.library.yorku.ca/atom/index.php/chute-arthur-hunt-1890-1929;isaar?sf_culture=fi&limit=10

Chute, Verne (1917-1986) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/verne-chute-1917-1986.html

Clamp, H(elen) M(ary) E(lizabeth) (1892-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Woking, England.

Clark, (Charles) Badger, Jr. (1883-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.historynet.com/requiem-cowboy-poet.htm

Clark, Benton (Henderson) (1895?-1964) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Coshocton, Ohio. Birthdate also given as 1900.

Clark, Ellery H(arding) (1874-1949) (items) (chron.)

Born in West Roxbury, Mass.; educated at Harvard University; lawyer and author.

Clark, James B(lyth) M(acalester, Jr.) (1883-1959) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/06/jbm-clarke-jr-1883-1959-first-british.html

Clark, Philip (1907-1975) (items) (chron.)

Raised in Plainfield, New Jersey; with the counter intelligence corps in WWII; lived in Charleston, West Virginia; died in Swannanoa, North Carolina.

Clark, Valma (1894-1953) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/valma-clark-1894-1953.html

Clarke, C(harles) Langton (1857-1936) (items) (chron.)

Editor, journalist and engineer. Born in England; died in Toronto, Canada.

Clarke, (John) Emery (1911-1990) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Clarke.html

Clarke, James Mitchell (1903-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Miles City, Montana; went west to California.

Clarke, Joseph I(gnatius) C(onstantine) (1846-1927) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ignatius_Constantine_Clarke

Clason, Clyde B(urt) (1903-1987) (items) (chron.)

Born in Denver; an advertising copywriter in Chicago, trade paper editor, and public relations manager.

Claudy, Carl H(arry) (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Clausen, Carl (1885-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Denmark; he was a sailor, miner, pearl-fisher, life insurance salesman, window cleaner, lumber jack, copra trader and opera singer before turning to writing; came to the U.S. in 1906 knowing practically no English; died in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania.

Clay, Robert (Henry Keating) (1884-1965) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.com/2019/09/robert-clay.html

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910); used pseudonym Mark Twain (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

Clements, Colin (Campbell) (1894-1948) (items) (chron.)

Born in Omaha, Nebraska; educated at Harvard University.

Clifford, Charles L(ewis) (1890-1991) (items) (chron.)

Born in Boston in 1890, Clifford rose to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army becoming Commanding Officer of the 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment in 1942. He wrote several books and stories about the Philippines including The Real Glory (1937) which was made into a film starring Gary Cooper & David Niven in 1939. The film seems also to have been based in part on Jungle Patrol (1938) by Vic Hurley which had led some to suggest that Clifford was actually a pseudonym for Hurley. Clifford died in New Jersey in 1991.

Clifton, Elmer (1890-1949) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Clifton

Cline, Leonard (Lanson, Jr.) (1893-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cline

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) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Cobb

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cobham

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.

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Cochran

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

Father of Amanda Cockrell.

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.

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

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

Cohen, Inez Lopez; [Mrs. Octavus Roy Cohen] (1892-1953) (items) (chron.)

See www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/inez-lopez_14800937

Cohen, Octavus Roy (1891-1959) (items) (chron.)

Noted writer. Born in Charleston, South Carolina; died in Los Angeles, California.