The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 105

Plomer, William (Charles Franklyn) (1903-1973) (items) (chron.)

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

Plourde, David (fl. 1970s-1980s) (items) (chron.)

See davidplourde.com

Pluck, Thomas (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See thomaspluck.com

Plumley, (Gardner) Ladd (1862-1927) (items) (chron.)

See ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KH38-951/gardner-ladd-plumley-1862-1927

Plutarch [46-c119] (items) (chron.)

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

Poate, Ernest M(arsh) (1884-1935) (items) (chron.)

Born on a ship in the Indian Ocean; died in Southern Pines, North Carolina; psychiatrist, attorney and author.

Pocock, (Henry) Roger (Ashwell) (1865-1941) (items) (chron.)

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

Podell, Albert N(athaniel) (1937- ) (items) (chron.)

Photographer and motion picture executive; born in New York City.

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) (items) (chron.)

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

Poe, Elisabeth Ellicott (1886-1947) (items) (chron.)

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

Pohl, Frederik (George, Jr.) (1919-2013) (items) (chron.)

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

Po Hsing-chien (776-826) (items) (chron.)

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

Poiré, Emmanuel (1858-1909); used pseudonym Caran d’Ache (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caran_d'Ache

Poliakoff, Nicolai (1900-1974) (items) (chron.)

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

Poling, James W. (1907-1976) (items) (chron.)

See www.reportingcivilrights.org/authors/bio.jsp?authorid=60

Polko, Elise (Vogel) (1822-1899) (items) (chron.)

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

Pollard, Geoffrey (1926-2006) (items) (chron.)

See raymondsheppard.blogspot.com/2022/05/raymond-sheppard-and-geoffrey-pollard.html

Pollard, Hugh B(ertie) C(ampbell) (1888-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Marylebone, London, England; died in Midhurst, Sussex; author, firearms expert, intelligence agent, linguist.

Pollard, Josephine (1834-1892) (items) (chron.)

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

Pollen, Samson (1931-2018) (items) (chron.)

See www.riverdalepress.com/stories/chelsea-gallery-orders-lots-of-pulp-from-late-artist,73151

Pollet, Elizabeth (1922-2012) (items)

See lastbohemians.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/elizabeth-pollet-novelist-rest-in-peace.html

Pollet, Louis-Léonard (1870-1937); used pseudonym Michel Corday (items) (chron.)

See fantastic-writers-and-the-great-war.com/the-writers/michel-corday

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 https://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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Pomeroy

Pomeroy, (Mary) Ruth Fairchild (1919-1993) (items) (chron.)

See ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LTM8-PM5/mary-ruth-fairchild-1919-1993

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

See https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Madame_de_Pompadour

Ponsonby, Henrietta (Frances, Countess of Bessborough) [née Spencer] (1761-1821) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Popham, Hugh (Henry Home) (1920-1996) (items) (chron.)

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

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 https://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, Katherine Anne (1890-1980) (items) (chron.)

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

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry

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

See https://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 https://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, Louis F(reeland) (1849-1928) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_F._Post

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

See https://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, E(llis) W(ellington) (1920-1981) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Potter.html

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

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

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

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

Potter, Walter (1835-1918) (items)

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

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

See https://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

Pound, Ezra (Weston Loomis) (1885-1972) (items) (chron.)

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