The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 9

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

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

Battersby, H(enry) F(rancis) Prevost (1862-1949); used pseudonym Francis Prevost (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Prevost

Bauditz, Sophus (Gustav) (1850-1915) (items) (chron.)

See da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophus_Bauditz

Baum, James Edwin (1886-1955) (items) (chron.)

Born in Nebraska, a writer and conductor of big game hunting expeditions for the Natural History Museum, retired executive of the Chicago Brick Company, and Wedron Silica Company. Died in Palm Beach, Florida.

Baum, L(yman) Frank (1856-1919) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum

Baumann, Elwood D. (fl. 1960s) (items) (chron.)

Explorer and author of books for young readers. Born in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Baumbach, Rudolf (1840-1905) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Baumbach

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

Bausch, Richard (Carl) (1945- ) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bausch

Bax, Clifford (Lea) (1886-1962) (items) (chron.)

Born in Streatham.

Baxter, David (1882-1949) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2025/09/david-baxter-1882-1949.html

Baxter, John (Martin) (1939- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Baxter, Sylvester (1850-1927) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Baxter

Bay, J(ens) Christian (1871-1962) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Christian_Bay

Bayley, (Thomas) Donovan (1881-1939) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Sheffield, England on 16 February 1881; initially a veterinary medical student, he served in South Africa during the Boer War; died in Kent, England.

Bayliss, John C(lifford) (1919-2008?) (items) (chron.)

See sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clifford_john

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

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Haynes_Bayly

Baynes, Pauline (Diana) (1922-2008) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Baynes

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

See https://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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Beach

Beachcroft, T(homas) O(wen) (1902-1988) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Owen_Beachcroft

Beadle, Charles (1881-1957) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Beadle

Beale, Charles Willing (1845-1932) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

Beall, C(ecil) C(alvert) (1892-1967) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._C._Beall

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

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

Beaman, Ardern (Arthur Hulme) (1886-1950) (items) (chron.)

Born in India.

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

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

Beard, Jim; [i.e., James Andrew Beard] (1903-1985) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beard

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

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

Beardsley, Aubrey (Vincent) (1872-1898) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Beardsley

Beardsley, H(arry) M(arkle) (1893-1952) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, editor and writer for the Chicago Daily News. Born in Chanute, Kansas; died in Chicago, Illinois.

Beasley, M(illard) R(obert) (1918-1989) (items) (chron.)

Free-lance writer. Born in Washington, D.C.

Beaton, [Sir] Cecil (Walter Hardy) (1904-1980) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Beaton

Beattie, Bryce (1979- ) (items) (chron.)

See storyhack.com

Beattie, James (1735-1803) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beattie_(poet)

Beatty, Bessie; [i.e., Elizabeth Mary Beatty] (1886-1947) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Beatty

Beatty, Jerome G(riswold) (1886-1967) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1967/05/09/archives/jg-beatty-80-magazine-writer-exconnecticut-legislator-and-author-is.html

Beatty, Pakenham (Thomas) (1855-1930) (items) (chron.)

See https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/Pakenham_Beatty

Beaumont, (William) Comyns (1873-1956) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Comyns_Beaumont

Beaumont, Gerald; [born William Fitzgerald Beaumont] (1884-1926) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0064595

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

Becher, Arthur E. (1877-1960) (items) (chron.)

Born in Freiberg, Germany; died in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Beck, Charles (1918?-1969) (items) (chron.)

Died in Queens, New York.

Beck, James M(ontgomery), Jr. (1892-1972) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Beck_Jr.

Beck, L(ily) Adams [born Eliza Louisa Moresby] (1862-1931) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Adams_Beck

Beck, Richard (1897-1980) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Beck_(scholar)

Becke, (George) Louis (1855-1913) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lewis_Becke

Becker, Carl (Emil Rudolf Ludwig) (1861-1926) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Becker_(marine_painter)

Becker, Wilhelm Adolf (1796-1846) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Adolf_Becker

Beckhoff, Harry (1901-1979) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Beckhoff

Beckwourth, James P(ierson) (c1798-c1866) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beckwourth

Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo; [i.e., Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida] (1836-1870) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Adolfo_Bécquer

Beddoes, Thomas Lovell (1803-1849) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lovell_Beddoes

Bedford, (George) Randolph (1868-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Sydney, Australia; author and legislator.

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

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

Bedwell, Harry (Chester) (1888-1955) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/9280295/harry-chester-bedwell

Bee, Clair (Francis) (1896-1983) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_Bee

Beebe, Lucius (Morris) (1902-1966) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Beebe

Beecham, Thomas (1926-2000) (items) (chron.)

Born in Colorado.

Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ward_Beecher

Beeding, Francis; pseudonym of Hilary St. George Saunders & John Palmer (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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