The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 232

Pittman, Key (Denson) (1872-1940) (items) (chron.)

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

Pitzer, R(obert) C(laiborne) (1879-1962) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38922516

Pius X, Pope; [born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto] (1835-1914) (items)

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

Pius XI; [born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti] (1857-1939) (items)

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

Pizzolatto, Nic(olas) (1975- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Pladwell, E(dgar) S(pencer) (1884-1964) (items) (chron.)

Journalist and writer. Probably born in Oregon (one source says Brooklyn, New York); lived in Oakland, California.

Plagemann, (William) Bentz (1913-1991) (items) (chron.)

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

Plain, Belva (née Offenberg) (1915-2010) (items) (chron.)

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

Plaisted, (Charles) Max(well) (1902-1956) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Plaisted.html

Plançon, Pol (Henri) (1851-1914) (items)

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

Plank, Jean Mahan (1859-1935) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/36035877/jean-plank

Plant, Richard (1910-1988) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Plant_(writer)

Plante, David (Robert) (1940- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Plantin, Christophe (1520-1589) (items) (chron.)

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

Plantz, Donald (J.) (1925-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York; variously employed as newspaperman, free-lance writer, operator of advertising agency.

Plarr, Victor (Gustave) (1863-1929) (items) (chron.)

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

Plassard, Sébastien (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See agentpekka.com/artist/sebastien-plassard/

Plath, Sylvia (1932-1963) (items) (chron.)

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

Plato [c429-347 BC] (items) (chron.)

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

Platonov, Andrei (Platonovich); pseudonym of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov (1899-1951) (items) (chron.)

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

Platt, Agnes (Edwards) Rothery (1887-1954); previously known as Agnes Edwards Rothery (items) (chron.)

See www.holisticpage.com.au/the-old-coast-road-from-boston-to-plymouth-illustrated-edition-dodo-press-agnes-edwards/9781409974437

Platt, Charles (1865-1935?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hampstead; educated privately; author and editor.

Platt, Edward (1872-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.fieldingandplatthistory.org.uk/content/people/the_platt_family/edward_platt

Platt, Thomas Collier (1833-1910) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_C._Platt

Platts, W(illiam) Carter (1864-1944) (items) (chron.)

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

Plautus, Titus Maccius [254-184 BC] (items) (chron.)

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

Playfair, [Sir] Lyon (, 1st Baron Playfair) (1818-1898) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon_Playfair,_1st_Baron_Playfair

Playfair, [Sir] Nigel (Ross) (1874-1934) (items) (chron.)

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

Pleasants, Henry, Jr. (1884-1963) (items) (chron.)

See www.chestercohistorical.org/henry-pleasants-jr-collection

Plimmer, Charlotte (née Fingerhut) (1916-1991) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2022/04/charlotte-straus-plimmer-1916-1991.html

Plimmer, Denis (1914-1981) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2020/09/denis-plimmer-1914-1981-part-one.html

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

Plowman, Max; [i.e., Mark Plowman] (1883-1941) (items) (chron.)

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

Plowright, [Dame] Joan (Ann) (1929-2025) (items)

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

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

Plumly, Benjamin Rush (1816-1887) (items) (chron.)

See tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpl13

Plumly, Stanley (1939-2019) (items) (chron.)

See www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stanley-plumly

Plummer, Ethel (McClellan) (1878-1936) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulpartists.com/Plummer.html

Plummer, Mark L. (1954-2014) (items) (chron.)

See https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/seattletimes/name/mark-plummer-obituary?id=23119187

Plunkert, David (1965- ) (items) (chron.)

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

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, (Ralph) Noel (1878-1949) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/r-noel-pocock.html

Pocock, R(eginald) I(nnes) (1863-1947) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._I._Pocock

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.

Podhoretz, John (Mordecai) (1961- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Podhoretz, Norman (Harold) (1930-2025) (items) (chron.)

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

Podmore, Frank (1856-1910) (items) (chron.)

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

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

Poincaré, Raymond (Nicolas Landry) (1860-1934) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

Poiret, Paul (1879-1944) (items) (chron.)

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

Poizat, Chloé (1970- ) (items) (chron.)

See chloepoizat.com

Polaire, Mlle.; [born Émilie Marie Bouchaud] (1874-1939) (items) (chron.)

See lecomptoirdetitam.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/la-taille-de-mademoiselle-polaire/

Polakovs, Michael (1923-2009) (items) (chron.)

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

Pole, William (1814-1900) (items) (chron.)

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

Poleg, Stav (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.stavpolegpoetry.com

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, [Captain] A(lfred) O(liver) (1893-1960) (items) (chron.)

Born in Wallington; educated at Merchant Taylors School. Awarded the Victoria Cross in 1917 for “conspicuous bravery and determination”: he stopped a retreat, pressed a counterattack with minimal forces and broke the enemy attack, regaining all lost ground and much more.