British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index

Biographical Notes: Page 27

Vaile, P(ercy) A(dolphus) (1866?-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in New Zealand where he worked as solicitor; emigrated to the UK in 1904 and to the USA in 1913, at which point he changed his name to Pembroke Arnold Vaile. Died in Chicago.

Vaizey, Jessie Bell Mansergh (1857-1917); previously known as Jessie Mansergh (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs_George_de_Horne_Vaizey

Valda, J(ohn) H(arris) (1874-1942) (items) (chron.)

See ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/John_Harris_Valda_(1874-1942)

Valentry, Duane (1909-2000) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/duane-valentry.html

Vallance, (William Howard) Aymer (1862-1943) (items) (chron.)

See www.lynsted-society.co.uk/Library/Books/Aymer_Vallance_Son_of_Lynsted.html

van Abbé, S(alomon) (1883-1955) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_van_Abbé

van Beek, Theo(dore) (1898-1958) (items) (chron.)

See behindtheirlines.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-war-office-regrets.html

Vandam, Albert D(resden) (1843-1903) (items) (chron.)

Born in London, son of a Dutch official in charge of their state lottery; raised in Paris, but after the Franco-Prussian war settled into a career in journalism in London; Paris correspondent for the Globe 1882-1887; died penniless in London.

Varah, (Edward) Chad (1911-2007) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/chad-varah-1911-2007.html

Vaughan, John (1855-1922) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vaughan_(canon)

Vaux, Patrick; pseudonym of Maclaren Mein (1872-1935) (items) (chron.)

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

Veigelsberg, Hugó (1869-1949); used pseudonym Ignotus (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignotus

Velestinlis, (Antonios) Rigas (1757-1798) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigas_Feraios

Verne, Jules (Gabriel) (1828-1905) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

Verner, Gerald; pseudonym of John Robert Stuart Pringle (1897-1980) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/gerald-verner.html

Verpilleux, Émile (Antoine) (1888-1964) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Antoine_Verpilleux

Verrill, A(lpheus) Hyatt (1871-1954) (items) (chron.)

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

Victor, Mrs. M(etta) V(ictoria Fuller) (1831-1886) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metta_Victoria_Fuller_Victor

Villiers, Alan (John Murray) (1903-1982) (items) (chron.)

Writer, lecturer, sailor, nautical expert. Born in Melbourne, Australia; died in Oxford, England.

Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth (, Countess of Jersey) (1849-1945) (items) (chron.)

See www.hymnary.org/person/ChildVilliers_Margaret

Vise, (Marjorie) Jennetta (Blithe) (1912-1979) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2007/06/jenetta-vise.html

Vivian, E(velyn) Charles (Henry); pseudonym of Charles Cannell (1882-1947) (items) (chron.)

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

Vivian, Herbert (1865-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in Chichester; educated at Harrow and Cambridge; founder of Royalist International; author, journalist and foreign correspondent.

Volk, Gordon (1885-1962) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brighton; educated at College de Dieppe; author and journalist.

Vynne, Nora (1864-1914) (items) (chron.)

See www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803120306174

Waddell, C(harles) C(arey) (1868-1930) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ohio; graduate of Marietta College; newspaperman in Ohio before becoming full-time writer.

Wain, Louis (1860-1939) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Wain

Wakefield, G(eorge) W(illiam) (1887-1942) (items) (chron.)

See britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/George_William_Wakefield

Walcamp, Marie (1894-1936) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Walcamp

Walford, L(ucy) B(ethia Colquhoun) (1845-1915) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Bethia_Walford

Walford, P(ercival John) (1893-1978) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/03/p-walford.html

Walker, David (Harry) (1911-1992) (items) (chron.)

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

Walker, Frank H. (fl. 1890s-1910s) (items) (chron.)

Lived in Chicago, Illinois.

Walker, Rowland (1876-1947) (items) (chron.)

Author and journalist.

Walkey, S(amuel) (1871-1953) (items) (chron.)

Born in Cornwall.

Wallace, Bryan Edgar (1904-1971) (items) (chron.)

Son of (Richard Horatio) Edgar Wallace. Educated at Cambridge; screenwriter, Diplomatic Secretary at British Embassy in Madrid; owned a chateau in France, but died in Columbus, Ohio.

Wallace, (George) Carlton (1903-1980) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/carlton-wallace.html

Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar (1875-1932) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wallace

Wallace, Helen (Grace) (1853-1944) (items) (chron.)

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland; died in Torquay, England.

Wallage, Peter (1928-2011); used pseudonym Peter Bruce (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2009/04/peter-wallage.html

Waller, S(amuel) E(dmund) (1850-1903) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist_bio/Samuel_Edmund_Waller/11136594/Samuel_Edmund_Waller.aspx

Wallis, George C(harles) (1871-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Walsh, George E(thelbert) (1865-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brooklyn.

Walsh, J(ames) M(organ) (1897-1952) (items) (chron.)

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

Walsh, Thomas (1875-1928) (items) (chron.)

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

Walshe, Douglas (Thomas George) (1880-1952) (items) (chron.)

Father of Elisabeth Ayrton.

Ward, A(rthur Henry) Sarsfield (1883-1959); used pseudonym Sax Rohmer (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sax_Rohmer

Ward, Atkinson (1882-1965) (items) (chron.)

Husband of Elizabeth Rebecca Ward.

Ward, Elizabeth Rebecca (1880-1978); used pseudonym Fay Inchfawn (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Rebecca_Ward

Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; [Mrs. Herbert Dickinson Ward; born Mary Gray Phelps] (1844-1911); previously known as Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Stuart_Phelps_Ward

Ward, Mrs. Humphry (1851-1920) (items) (chron.)

Born in Tasmania; came to England in 1856; lived successively in Birmingham, Oxford and London.

Warner, P(elham) F(rancis) (1873-1963) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham_Warner

Warren, F(rancis) H(owlett) (1886-1960) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/f-h-warren.html

Warren, (Thomas) J(ohn) Russell (1886-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Reading, England; died in Hertford; journalist.

Warwick, Francis (Alister) (1902-1975) (items) (chron.)

Son of Sidney Warwick.

Warwick, (Harry) Sidney (1871-1953) (items) (chron.)

Educated at St. Peter’s, York, and Oxford. Father of Francis Warwick.

Waters, Kenneth L(ee) (1914-1996) (items) (chron.)

See sclfind.libs.uga.edu/sclfind/view?docId=ead/ms2972.xml

Watkins-Pitchford, Denys (James) (1905-1990) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denys_Watkins-Pitchford

Watson, A(lice) H(elena) (1896-1984) (items) (chron.)

See www.chrisbeetles.com/artist/515/alastair-k-macdonald

Watson, John (1850-1907) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Maclaren

Watson, Rosamund Marriott; [née Ball] (1860-1911); used pseudonym Graham R. Tomson (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosamund_Marriott_Watson

Watson, W(illiam) (1858-1925) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Watson_(botanist)

Watson, William (1858-1935) (items) (chron.)

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

Watt, J. Lauchlan Maclean (1868-?) (items) (chron.)

See tinyurl.com/LauchlanMacleanWatt

Watt, J(ohn) Millar (1895-1975) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Millar_Watt

Watt, Lauchlan MacLean (1867-1957) (items) (chron.)

Educated at Edinburgh University; clergyman, Church of Scotland.

Way, (Robert) Bernard (1890-1958) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2008/10/r-barnard-way.html