The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 95

Pollexfen, Claire D. (1884-1974) (items) (chron.)

Born Dorothy Clair Pollexfen in Ormskirk, England; died as Dorothy Claire Cooper in Eastbourne.

Pollitt, Harry (1890-1960) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Pollitt

Pollock, Channing (1880-1946) (items) (chron.)

Born in Washington, D.C.; journalist and playwright; drama critic; contributed stories and articles to leading magazines.

Pollock, Frank Lillie (1876-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Pollock, Walter Herries (1850-1926) (items) (chron.)

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

Polson, Aaron A. (1975- ) (items) (chron.)

See aaronpolson.blogspot.com

Pomeroy, Roy (1892-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Pomeroy

Pompadour, Madame de; [i.e., Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour] (1721-1764) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/?title=Madame_de_Pompadour

Ponsonby, Henrietta (Frances, Countess of Bessborough) (1761-1821) (items) (chron.)

See www.historyhome.co.uk/people/bessboro.htm

Ponsor, Michael Adrian (1946- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ponsor

Pool, Maria (Louise) (1841-1898) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Louise_Pool

Poole, Granville Church (1897-1963) (items) (chron.)

Born in South Boston, Massachusetts; died in California.

Poole, Reginald Heber (1885-1959) (items) (chron.)

Born in Northwich; author, editor, and journalist.

Poore, Ben(jamin) Perley (1820-1887) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Perley_Poore

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope

Pope, Jessie (1868-1941) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Pope

Pope, William H. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Traveller. Born in Tennessee; lived in Bradford, Arkansas.

Popowski, Bert (John) (1904-1982) (items) (chron.)

See www.sdstate.edu/sdsu-archives-and-special-collections/bert-popowski-papers

Popp, Walter (Robert) (1920-2002) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Popp.html

Porges, Arthur (1915-2006) (items) (chron.)

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

Porteous, (Leslie) Crichton (1901-1991) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crichton_Porteous

Porteous, Richard S(idney) (1897-1963) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Melbourne, Australia.

Porter, Harold Everett (1887-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hyde Park, Mass.; educated at Harvard University.

Porter, Justin (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See portersnotebook.tumblr.com

Porter, Rebecca N.; [i.e., Rebecca Newman Porter White] (1883-1963) (items) (chron.)

Born in Chicago; educated at University of California; writer and lecturer; died in Santa Barbara, California.

Porter, Verne Hardin (1888-1942) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0692325

Porter, William Sydney (1862-1910); used pseudonym O. Henry (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry

Portis, Charles (McColl) (1933-2020) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Portis

Portor, Laura Spencer (1872-1957) (items) (chron.); Name also given as Laura A. Porter and Laura Spencer Porter.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Spencer_Portor_Pope

Post, Augustus (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Pioneer aviator and automobilist. Born in Brooklyn, New York; died in New York City.

Post, Melville Davisson (1869-1930) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Davisson_Post

Post Sargent; pseudonym (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)

Unresolved pseudonym. He is described as “a member of the faculty of one of our leading universities and is particularly well equipped for what he is doing in our pages.” He was obviously a capable historian.

Potter, Dan(iel Scott) (1932-2006) (items) (chron.)

Born in Oklahoma; educated at University of Oklahoma and Yale; author of novels, short stories, and plays.

Potter, David (1874-1962) (items) (chron.)

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

Potter, Jeanne Oldfield (1873-1969) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/130581649/jeanne-oldfield-potter

Potter, Stephen (Meredith) (1900-1969) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Potter

Potthast, Edward (Henry) (1857-1927) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Henry_Potthast

Pound, Arthur (1884-1966) (items) (chron.)

See quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-85522?byte=117189649;focusrgn=bioghist

Povey, Jennifer R. (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.jenniferrpovey.com

Powell, (Elizabeth) Dilys (1901-1995) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilys_Powell

Powell, E(dward) Alexander (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

Born in Syracuse, N.Y.; educated at Syracuse University and Oberlin College; contributed to magazines in U.S. and England; overseas newspaper correspondent; conducted expeditions to many foreign countries; died in Falls Village, Connecticut.

Powell, Gerald (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Not artist Gerald A. Powell (1942- ).

Powell, T. C. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See tcpowellfiction.blogspot.co.uk

Powell, Talmage (1920-2000) (items) (chron.)

Novelist and short story writer. Born in Hendersonville, North Carolina; lived in Asheville, North Carolina.

Power, Eileen (Edna Le Poer) (1889-1940) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Power

Power, Norman (Sandiford) (1916-1993) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/norman-power.html

Power-O’Malley, Ruth (Yeaton) (1907-1990) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/201506981/ruth-yeaton-whittlesey

Powers, Alfred (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Teacher, writer. Dean of the General Extension Division, Oregon State System of Higher Education. Born in Delania, Arkansas; lived in Oregon.

Powys, John Cowper (1872-1963) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cowper_Powys

Powys, T(heodore) F(rancis) (1875-1953) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._F._Powys

Pragnell, Festus (1905-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Prance, Bertram (Stanley) (1889-1958) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_Prance

Pratt, Ambrose (Goddard Hesketh) (1874-1944) (items) (chron.)

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

Pratt, Cornelia Atwood; [i.e., Cornelia Atwood Pratt Comer; Mrs. William D. Comer] (1867-1929); also known as Cornelia Atwood Comer (items) (chron.)

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

Pratt, (Murray) Fletcher (1897-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Pratt, Grace Tyler (1869-1916) (items) (chron.)

Born in Deerfield, Massachusetts; died in Harpswell, Maine.

Pratt, Harry Noyes (1879-1944) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/10/harry-noyes-pratt-1879-1944.html

Pratt, Lucy (Agnes) (1874-1970) (items) (chron.)

See deerfield-ma.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Pratt-Family-Papers-1.pdf

Preble, Zahrah E(thel) (1880-1934) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/09/zahrah-e-preble-1880-1934.html

Preece, Harold (1906-1992) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, writer, specialist in Texas history. Born in Austin, Texas.

Prentice, John (1920- ) (items) (chron.)

Born in Whitney, Texas; lived in New York City.

Prentice, Ralph (Everett) (1901-1967) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/158704589/ralph-everett-prentice

Prescott, Augusta (S.) (c1869-?) (items) (chron.)

A journalist, born in New York; death not traced.

Prescott, John (Brewster) (1919-1999) (items) (chron.)

Author of westerns, novels and short stories. Born in Menominee, Michigan; lived in Phoenix, Arizona.

Prescott, Mary N(ewmarch) (1849-1888) (items) (chron.)

Younger sister of Harriet Elizabeth Prescott.

Preston, “Amarillo Slim”; [i.e., Thomas Austin Preston, Jr.] (1928-2012) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim

Preston, George Hyde (1857-1937) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-star/142475169