The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 123

White, Patrick (Victor Martindale) (1912-1990) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_White

White, Paulette Childress (1948- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803122102477

White, Percy (1852-1938) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; taught English literature at the Univ. of Cairo; worked for RAF Intelligence in WWI; lived in France. Author and journalist.

White, Samuel Alexander (1885-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Snelgrove, Ontario, Canada; contributed stories, poems to numerous magazines.

White, Stewart Edward (1873-1946) (items) (chron.)

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

White, T(erence) H(anbury) (1906-1964) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._H._White

White, William A(nthony) P(arker) (1911-1968); used pseudonym Anthony Boucher (items) (chron.)

Editor, critic, writer, co-founder of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. He was born and died in Oakland, California.

White, William Patterson (1884-1954) (items) (chron.)

Western novelist. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota; lived in Tularosa, New Mexico.

Whitear, A(lbert) R(ichard) (1906-1989) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/02/r-whitear.html

Whitehand, Robert (1910-1945) (items) (chron.)

See staging.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMA422_Whitehand_Hall_University_of_Oklahoma_Norman_OK

Whitehead, Charles (1804-1862) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; died in Melbourne; early in career worked as a clerk and wrote poetry; led a notably dissipated life; went to Australia in 1857 to start afresh and died a pauper there.

Whitehead, Henry S(t. Clair) (1882-1932) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_S._Whitehead

Whitehead, Jesse O. (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps from Colorado.

Whitehead, Walter (1874-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Chicago, Illinois; died in Dare, Virginia (?).

Whitehill, (Howard) Joseph (Jr.) (1927-2011) (items) (chron.)

Born in Columbus, Ohio and died in Haverford, Pennsylvania; served in U.S. Navy; earned a masters degree at Johns Hopkins Unviersity, followed by doctoral program in criminal justice at Florida State University; accountant, master machinist and electronics designer; became manager of a tool corporation and of Whitehill Oil Corporation.

Whitehouse, Arch; [i.e., Arthur George Joseph Whitehouse] (1895-1979) (items) (chron.)

Author, journalist, screenwriter, cartoonist. He was in the Royal Flying Corps, No. 22 Squadron, and is credited with destroying 16 enemy aircraft and 6 kite balloons. Born in Northampton, England; came to the United States in 1905; died in Lincoln Park, New Jersey.

Whitelaw, David (1875-1971) (items) (chron.)

Born in London. Journalist; editor of The London Magazine and The Premier Magazine. Lived in Brighton.

Whiteley, Aliya (1974- ) (items) (chron.)

See aliyawhiteley.wordpress.com

Whitesides, Kim (fl. 1960s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See kimwhitesides.com

Whitfield, Raoul F(alconia) (1896-1945) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Whitfield

Whiting, Lilian (1847-1942) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Whiting

Whitlock, Brand (1869-1934) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_Whitlock

Whitman, Edmund S(purr) (1900-1987) (items) (chron.)

Writer and retired executive with the United Fruit Company. Born in Fort Meade, South Dakota; lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Whitman, Stephen French (1880-1948) (items) (chron.)

Born in Philadelphia.

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman

Whitney, Adeline Dutton (née Train) (1824-1906) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeline_Dutton_Train_Whitney

Whitney, Helen (Julia) Hay (1875-1944); previously known as Helen Hay (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hay_Whitney

Whitson, Beth Slater (1879-1930) (items) (chron.)

See www.bethslaterwhitson.com

Whitson, John H(arvey) (1854-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in Seymour, Indiana; teacher; head of religious education department, Hardin College, Mexico, Missouri.

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier

Whittlesea, Michael (1938- ) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/mike-whittlesea.html

Whymant, Dr. (A.) Neville (J.) (1894-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Rothwell, Northants, England; lived in Surrey, England.

Whyte, Jack (1940-2021) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Whyte

Wiat, [Sir] Thomas (1522-1554) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/66119412/thomas-wiat

Wickham, Harvey (1872-1930) (items) (chron.)

Novelist and essayist. Born in Middletown, New York; died in Rome, Italy.

Wiese, Kurt (1887-1974) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist/Kurt_Wiese/24364/Kurt_Wiese.aspx

Wieting, John (fl. 1940s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps a writer about New York for the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Wigfull, W(illiam) Edward (1874-1944) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/w-e-wigfull.html

Wiggam, Lionel (Carleton) (1914-2005) (items) (chron.)

See gb.imdb.com/name/nm0927738

Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith) (1856-1923) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Douglas_Wiggin

Wiggin, Maurice (Samuel) (1912-1986) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wiggin

Wiggins, D(onegan Reeder) (1888?-1950) (items) (chron.)

Probably Donegan Reeder Wiggins (1888?-1950), who served as gun consultant to Adventure. He died in Oregon.

Wiggins, Walt(on Wray) (1924- ) (items) (chron.)

Writer and photographer. Born and lives in Roswell, New Mexico.

Wight, Earle C. (1882?-1932) (items) (chron.)

Writer; assistant General Freight Agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Born in Columbus, Ohio; died in Baltimore, Maryland.

Wight, James Alfred (1916-1995); used pseudonym James Herriot (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herriot

Wightman, M(cQueen) S. (1877-1947) (items) (chron.)

Investment counsel, ex-army officer. Born in Charleston, South Carolina; died in New York City.

Wignall, Trevor C(harles) (1881-1958) (items) (chron.)

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

Wilberforce, Robert (1802-1857) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilberforce

Wilbur, Ellen (D.) (1943- ) (items) (chron.)

See harvardmagazine.com/2008/11/filial-fiction.html

Wilbur, Lawrence N(elson) (1897-1988) (items) (chron.)

See oldprintgallery.wordpress.com/2015/09/08/lawrence-nelson-wilbur-1897-1988/

Wilbur, Richard (Purdy) (1921-2017) (items) (chron.)

See www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/richard-wilbur

Wilbye, John (1574-1638) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilbye

Wilcox, Don; [i.e., Cleo Eldon Wilcox] (1905-2000); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)

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

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919); previously known as Ella Wheeler (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox

Wilcox, Harry (1909-?) (items) (chron.)

Born Percival (or Perceval) George Albert Wilcox in Leyton, Essex.. Served extensively with the British military in the Far East.

Wilczynski, Katerina (1894-1978) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katerina_Wilczynski

Wild, Roland (Gibson) (1903-1989) (items) (chron.)

Born in Manchester, England; died in Vancouver, Canada; educated at Radley College, Oxfordshire; author and journalist with various British and Canadian newspapers, producing stories from Afghanistan and Liberia; emigrated to Canada in 1947.

Wilde, Hagar (1905-1971) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar_Wilde

Wilde, Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) (1854-1900) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde

Wilde, Percival (1887-1953) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York City; educated at Columbia University; served in U.S. Navy during WWI; inventor of airplane compass devices adopted by the Navy; playwright and book reviewer.

Wilder, K. C. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.kcwilder50ways.com

Wildridge, Oswald (1868-1941) (items) (chron.)

a journalist, finishing his career as the editor of the Northern Daily Telegraph (Blackburn).

Wiley, Allen (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps economist Allen Vincent Wiley (1898-197?), but probably somebody else.

Wiley, Harvey W(ashington), M.D. (1844-1930) (items) (chron.)

See www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/CentennialofFDA/HarveyW.Wiley/ucm081121.htm

Wiley, Hugh (1884-1968) (items) (chron.)

Born in Zanesville, Ohio; construction engineer in the U.S., Canada and Mexico; settled in Los Angeles; died in Berkeley, California.

Wilford, L(oren) F(rederick) (1893-1972) (items) (chron.); Name given as Loren F. Wilford/Loran F. Wilford.

Born in Wamego, Kansas; died in Stamford, Connecticut (?).

Wilford-Smith, Francis (1927-2009); used pseudonym Smilby (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Wilford-Smith