The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 72

Lang, Andrew (1844-1912) (items) (chron.)

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

Lang, Preston (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.prestonlangbooks.com

Langbridge, Frederick (1849-1922) (items) (chron.)

Born in Birmingham; educated there and in Oxford; ordained minister, serving in England and Ireland.

Langdon, David (1914-2011) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Langdon

Langdon-Davies, John (Eric) (1897-1971) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Langdon-Davies

Lange, Algot (1884-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer and Amazonian explorer. Born on the steamer George Pyman, en route from Newcastle to Russia.

Langelaan, George (1908-1972) (items) (chron.)

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

Langer, William (1912-1960) (items) (chron.)

Not to be confused with historian William Langer (1896-1977).

Langlois, Dora; [born Dora Emily Fanny Knight] (1865-1940) (items) (chron.)

Married Hippolyte Arthur Langlois, an actor.

Lanier, Sidney (Clopton) (1842-1881) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Lanier

Lanigan, George T. (1845-1886) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_T._Lanigan

Laning, [Captain] Richard B(oyer) (1918-2000) (items) (chron.)

See www.arlingtoncemetery.net/rblaning.htm

Lankester, [Sir] (Edwin) Ray (1847-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lankester

Lansford, William Douglas (1922-2013) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas_Lansford

Lansing, Robert (1864-1928) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lansing

Lansky, Meyer; [born Meier Suchowlański] (1902-1983) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky

Lanyon, Helen (née Redfern) (1882-1979) (items) (chron.)

See femalewarpoets.blogspot.com/2016/10/helen-lanyon-1882-1979-british-poet.html

Lapaire, Hugues (1869-1967) (items) (chron.)

See fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_Lapaire

Lapham, Stanton C. (1876-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Michigan; lived in Oregon.

Lapierre, Dominique (1931-2022) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique_Lapierre

Lardner, John (1912-1960) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lardner_(sports_writer)

Lardner, Ring(gold) W(ilmer) (1885-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Lardner

Large, Jacques (1925- ) (items) (chron.)

Haitian writer who was formerly a newspaper reporter on the Port-au-Prince Daily before moving to France.

Lariar, Lawrence; [born Lawrence Rosenblum] (1908-1981) (items) (chron.)

Author, editor, cartoonist. Born in Brooklyn, New York; changed his name between 1929 and 1935.

Larner, Lucia; [i.e., Lucy Larner, née Parkin] (1914-2004) (items) (chron.)

See femaleillustrators.blogspot.com/2010/03/lucia-lerner.html

Larsen, Henry Asbjorn (1899-1964) (items) (chron.)

Explorer, superintendent of Royal Canadian Mounted Police; commander of first ship to navigate the northwest passage from west to east. Born in Fredrikstad, Norway; died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Larson, Arthur (fl. 1940s) (items) (chron.)

Probably not educator Arthur Larson (1910- ).

LaSalle, Charles; [born Charles Louis Lassell] (1894-1958) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/laSalle.html

Laski, Harold J(oseph) (1893-1950) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Laski

Laski, Marghanita (1915-1988) (items) (chron.)

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

Laskier, Frank (1912-1949) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Laskier

Lasry, Ian (1915-1994) (items) (chron.)

Born in Sydney, Australia; died in Bayside City, Australia.

Lathrop, Harley P(hillip) (1881-1965) (items) (chron.)

Born in NY State, lived in New Mexico, Texas. Worked as baseball player, writer and jeweller.

Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne (1851-1926) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Mary_Alphonsa

Latsis, Mary Jane (1927-1997) (items) (chron.)

A lawyer.

Laubin, Reginald K(arl) (fl. 1950s) (items) (chron.)

Expert on the history and culture of American Indians; born in Detroit, Michigan and lives in Wyoming.

Lauferty, Lilian (Eliel) (1887-1958) (items) (chron.)

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana; graduate of Smith College; reporter; wrote “Advice for the Lovelorn” column as Beatrice Fairfax; wrote a soap opera for radio.

Launois, John (1929-2002) (items) (chron.)

See rising.blackstar.com/john-launois

Laurence, John; pseudonym of John Laurence Pritchard (1885-1968) (items) (chron.)

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

Laurie, André; pseudonym of Paschal Grousset (1844-1909) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_Grousset

Lauriston, Victor; [born William Edward Park] (1881-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Fletcher, Ontario.

Laut, Agnes C(hristina) (1871-1936) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Christina_Laut

Lauterbach, Richard E(dward) (1914-1950) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lauterbach

Lavender, David (Sievert) (1910-2003) (items) (chron.)

See www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/lavender-david-sievert-1910-2003

LaVey, Anton (Szandor) (1930-1997) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_LaVey

Lavin, Dom(inic) J(ohn) (1874-1958) (items) (chron.)

See strippersguide.blogspot.com/2017/12/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-dondom.html

Lavin, Robert (1919-1997) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist/Robert_Lavin/28890/Robert_Lavin.aspx

Lavrin, Janko (1887-1986) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_Lavrin

Lawrence, D(avid) H(erbert Richards) (1885-1930) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence

Lawrence, Gertrude (1898-1952) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Lawrence

Lawrence, Joseph I(vers) (1879-1963) (items) (chron.)

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts; died in Miami, Florida; editor and publisher.

Lawrence, Josephine (1890?-1978) (items) (chron.)

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

Lawrence, Rachel Jackson (1832-1923) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/10797585/rachel-lawrence

Lawrence, Raymond E. (fl. 1950s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps Raymond Eugene Lawrence (1918- ).

Lawrence, Thomas Edward (1888-1935) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._E._Lawrence

Lawson, Arthur (Hamilton) (1907-1955) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle-arthur-lawson-autho/128639422/

Lawson, Don(ald Elmer) (1917-1990) (items) (chron.)

See kids.britannica.com/students/article/Don-Lawson/312115

Lawson, Henry (Archibald Hertzberg) (1867-1922) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lawson

Lawson, Robert (1892-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Lawson, William Pinkney (1881-1948) (items) (chron.)

Traveller and ranger. Born in Richmond, Virginia; lived in New Jersey.

Lawton, Shailer Upton; pseudonym of Jules Archer (1915-2008) (items) (chron.)

Lawton was a well-known physician and writer (1894-1966) who sold the rights to his name. For the curious, Lawton was born in Brattleboro, Vermont and died in New York City.

Layng, Charles (1895-1970) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/charles-layng.html

Lazarević, Lazar K. (1851-1891) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laza_Lazarević

Lea, Fannie Heaslip (1884-1955) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Heaslip_Lea

Leach, Christopher (1925- ) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; painter, poet, novelist, author of children’s books.

Leach, (Leonard) Douglas (1898-1987) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2008/01/douglas-leach.html

Leacock, Stephen (Butler) (1869-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Leacock