The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 60

Comfort, Alex(ander) (1920-2000) (items) (chron.)

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

Comfort, Jane Levington (1903-1996); also known as Jane Levington Comfort Sturtzel (items) (chron.)

See janeandpaulannixter.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk

Comfort, Lucy (Ann) Randall (1836-1914) (items) (chron.)

See www.readseries.com/StoryPapr/Comfort-bio2.html

Comfort, Will Levington (1878-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan; novelist and short story writer; war correspondent for various newspapers; sportsman; veteran of Spanish-American War; died in Los Angeles, California.

Commager, Henry Steele (1902-1998) (items) (chron.)

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

Commerell, [Sir] John Edmund (1829-1901) (items)

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

Common, Thomas (1850-1919) (items)

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

Compton, Arthur Holly (1892-1962) (items) (chron.)

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

Compton, C(harles) G(eorge) (1851-1922) (items) (chron.)

His father was a comedian born Henry Mackenzie who adopted Compton as his stage name in 1826 and it apparently became his real name.

Compton, Denis (Charles Scott) (1918-1997) (items) (chron.)

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

Compton, Fay; [i.e., Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie] (1894-1978) (items) (chron.)

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

Compton, Herbert (Eastwick) (1853-1906) (items) (chron.)

World traveler; lived in India for 22 years; committed suicide at sea on his way to Madeira.

Compton-Burnett, Ivy (1884-1969) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Compton-Burnett

Compton-Rickett, Arthur (1869-1937) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; barrister; lecturer in English literature, as well as lecturer for a lecture bureau on popular literacy and historical subjects throughout England.

Comstock, Henry B(assett) (1908-2003) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.com/blog/2025/02/henry-bassett-comstock-author-editor-illustrator/

Comstock, William (1804-1882) (items) (chron.)

Born on Nantucket Island, MA, on April 24, 1804; became a journalist; died on Nantucket Island, MA, on November 20, 1882.

Comyn, Lewis (James) (1878-1961) (items) (chron.)

See burkeseastgalway.com/comyn-of-ballinderry-kilconnell/

Comyn, Marian; [born Marian Skinner] (1861-1938) (items) (chron.)

Born in Worcestershire, England; married solicitor Henry Ernest Fitzwilliam Comyn in 1884; died in Surrey.

Conant, Howell (1916-1999) (items) (chron.)

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

Conarain, (Alice) Nina (1898-1982) (items) (chron.)

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

Conchas, Paul; [born Paul Huett] (c1875-1916) (items)

See www.juggle.org/paul-conchas-german-strongman-juggler

Condé, J. M. (fl. 1890s-1910s) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Condé

Condell, Henry (1576-1627) (items) (chron.)

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

Condon, Frank (1882-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in Toledo, Ohio and a reporter there; advertising man in NYC; then screenwriter and magazine writer in L.A.; died in Beverly Hills, California

Condon, Katie (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.katiecondonpoetry.com

Condon, Matthew (Steven) (1962- ) (items) (chron.)

See https://www.matthewcondon.com.au

Condon, Ralph (Whitney) (1905-1975) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/los-gatos-times-saratoga-observer-obitua/130312365/

Condon, Richard (Thomas) (1915-1996) (items) (chron.)

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

Cone, Helen Gray (1859-1934) (items) (chron.)

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

Cone, Joe; [i.e., Joseph Arrogant Cone] (1860-?) (items) (chron.)

See whowasjoecone.blogspot.com/p/bios-and-tributes.html

Confucius [551-479 BC] (items) (chron.)

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

Congdon, Charles T(aber) (1821-1891) (items) (chron.)

See pfaffs.web.lehigh.edu/node/54215

Congreve, [Lady] Celia [born Cecelia Henrietta Dolores Blount la Touche] (1867-1952) (items) (chron.)

See femalewarpoets.blogspot.com/2018/06/celia-lady-congreve-1867-1952-british.html

Congreve, William (1670-1729) (items) (chron.)

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

Conine, (Odie) Ernest (1925- ) (items) (chron.)

Writer and journalist. Born in Dallas, Texas; lives in Los Angeles, California.

Conington, John (1825-1869) (items)

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

Conklin, Edwin G., Ph.D. (1863-1952) (items) (chron.)

Professor of Zoology, University of Pennsylvania.

Conklin, (Edward) Groff (1904-1968) (items) (chron.)

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

Conkling, Hilda (1910-1986) (items) (chron.)

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

Conley, Jen (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.jenconley.net

Conlon, Ben; [i.e., Bernard Matthew Conlon] (1889-1964) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulpartists.com/Hoffman.html

Connard, Philip (1875-1958) (items) (chron.)

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

Conneau, Jean-Louis (1880-1937) (items) (chron.)

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

Connell, Richard (Edward, Jr.) (1893-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

Connell, Vivian (Cecil Francis St. John) (1905-1981) (items) (chron.)

Self-educated Irish playwright and novelist, born in Cork.

Connelly, George L. (1908-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Westtown, Pennsylvania.

Connelly, J(ames) H(enderson) (1840-1903) (items) (chron.)

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

Connelly, Marc(us Cook) (1890-1980) (items) (chron.)

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

Conner, Mac; [i.e., McCauley Conner] (1913-2019) (items) (chron.)

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

Conner, (Patrick) Rearden (1907-1991) (items) (chron.)

See http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/c/Conner_R/life.htm

Connery, Sean (1930-2020) (items)

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

Conniff, James C(lifford) G(regory) (1920-2013) (items) (chron.)

See www.nj.com/jjournal-news/2013/06/james_c_g_conniff_at_92_montcl.html

Connolly, James B(rendan) (1868-1957) (items) (chron.)

Author of sea stories, 1896 Olympic champion (gold metal in the triple jump). Born in South Boston, Massachusetts; died in Boston, Massachusetts.

Connolly, Vera L(eona) (1888-1964) (items) (chron.)

See www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_4078648/

Connor, Brevard Mays (1888-1952) (items) (chron.)

Texas writer.

Connor, Buck (1881-?) (items) (chron.)

Texas ranger, trick roper with Pawnee Bill’s Wild West Show until it merged with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Born in San Sabe County, Texas.

Conquest, Joan; pseudonym of Mary Eliza Louise Cooke (1883-1941) (items) (chron.)

See womenshistorynetwork.org/who-was-joan-conquest-michelle-johansen

Conrad, Barnaby (Jr.) (1922-2013) (items) (chron.)

Author; secretary to Sinclair Lewis; also worked as an artist and diplomat. Born in San Francisco, California.

Conrad, Joseph; [working name of Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski] (1857-1924) (items) (chron.)

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

Conrad, Peter (1948- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Conran, [Dame] Shirley (Ida) [née Pearce] (1932-2024) (items) (chron.)

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

Conrard, (George) Harrison (1869-1930) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/245221821/george-harrison-conrard

Conrey, Lee (1883-1976) (items) (chron.)

See illustrationart.blogspot.com/2012/12/lee-conrey-1883-1976.html

Conroy, Jack (Wesley) (1899-1990) (items) (chron.)

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

Conroy, (Donald) Pat(rick) (1945-2016) (items) (chron.)

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

Considine, John L(yons) (1871-1951) (items) (chron.)

See genealogytrails.com/nev/carson/bios.html

Consolmagno, Brother Guy, S.J. (1952- ) (items) (chron.)

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