The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 19

Patterson, Arthur W(illis) (1888-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.maine.gov/msl/maine/writdisplay.shtml?id=424533

Paust, Gil(bert Harry) (1912-1988) (items) (chron.)

Free-lance writer and the 14th editor of Adventure magazine. An expert on outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing, and also knowledgeable about aeronautics. His claim to hold a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University cannot be substantiated. Born in and resident of Yonkers, New York. Like Alden Norton before him and Bruce Cassiday after him, Gil Paust contributed prolifically to Adventure, but because he used a number of pseudonyms, his contributions are not realized.

Payne, Stephen (1888-1970) (items) (chron.)

Prolific writer of westerns. Born in North Park, Colorado; died in Denver, Colorado (?).

Peach, Arthur Wallace (1886-1956) (items) (chron.)

Poet. Essayist, novelist, teacher. Born and resident in Vermont.

Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866) (items) (chron.)

Born in Dorsetshire; largely self-educated; employed by the East India Company for many years.

Peacock, Wilbur Scott (1915-1979) (items) (chron.)

Editor, writer of short stories and television scripts. Born in Kansas; died in Los Angeles, California.

Pearsall, Robert J. (fl. 1900s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Traveller, writer, later affiliated with the WPA. Born in Michigan; lived in Tacoma, Washington.

Pearse, Alfred (1856-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Pearse

Peddie, Tom (1874-1954) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/01/tom-peddie.html

Peeples, Samuel A(nthony) (1917-1997) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Peeples

Pelley, William Dudley (1890-1965) (items) (chron.)

Author, journalist, editor and writer. Founder of Fascist organization, the Silver Shirts. Convicted of sedition during World War II and served eight years of a fifteen year sentence. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts; lived in Asheville, North Carolina; died in Noblesville, Indiana.

Pemberton, [Sir] Max (1863-1950) (items) (chron.)

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

Pendexter, Hugh (1875-1940) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/04/hugh-pendexter.html

Periconi, Domingo F(rancesco Mario) (1883-1940) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Periconi.html

Perkins, Kenneth (Taylor) (1890-1951) (items) (chron.); Note: This is the way his name appears in death records, but some references give his middle name as Brett.

Author and playwright. Born in Kodia Kanal, India; educated at University of California; died in Los Angeles, California.

Perry, Clay; [i.e., Clair Willard Perry] (1887-1961) (items) (chron.)

Author, editor, journalist, expert on paper. Born in Badger (some sources say Waupaca) Wisconsin; died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Perry, Oliver Hazard (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Presumably one of the many descendants of the American Naval Officer (1785-1819).

Perry, Ralph R. (1895-?) (items) (chron.)

Naval man and traveller; not to be confused with Ralph Barton Perry (1876-1957).

Petaja, Emil (Theodore) (1915-2000) (items) (chron.)

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

Petersen, Herman (1893-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Utica, N.Y.; writer for the pulps; worked for Utica newspapers; was a postmaster in Poolville, N.Y.

Pettee, F(lorence) M(ae) (1885-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Spencer, Massachusetts; died in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Pettigrew, Homer (1915-1997) (items) (chron.)

See www.prorodeohalloffame.com/inductees/by-category/steer-wrestling/homer-pettigrew/

Pfalser, Ivan L(ewis) (1930-2014) (items) (chron.)

See www.pottsfuneralhome.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=52494&locid=90

Phares, (Oscar) Ross (1908-2006) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/235005860/oscar-ross-phares

Phillips, Henry Wallace (1869-1930) (items) (chron.)

See buddiesinthesaddle.blogspot.com/2011/05/henry-wallace-phillips-red-saunders.html

Phillips, John Randolph (1904-1993) (items) (chron.)

See scottsvillemuseum.com/portraits/homeKM209acdKM09.html

Phillips, Michael J(ames) (1876-?) (items) (chron.)

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

Phillips, Roland (Ashford) (1883-?) (items) (chron.)

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

Phillips, Ron Earl (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.ronearlphillips.com

Phin; pseudonym of Ernest Thayer (1863-1940) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Thayer

Pierce, Frank(lin) Richardson (1887-1966) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Greenfield, Massachusetts; died in Washington (?).

Pink, [Rev.] Harry Leigh “Hal” (1906-1973) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/hal-pink.html

Pinkerton, Kathrene (Gedney) (1887-1967) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/06/kathrene-and-robert-pinkerton-husband.html

Pinkerton, Robert E(ugene) (1882-1970) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/06/kathrene-and-robert-pinkerton-husband.html

Pitt, Chart(ly Artell) (1878-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Portage County, Wisconsin; contributed short stories, novelettes and verse to many newspapers and periodicals in the U.S. and abroad; member of Washington State legislature; died in Mukito, Washington.

Pitt, Stanley (John Joseph) (1925-2002) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Pitt

Pitt, William (?-1840) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_(ship-builder)

Pitts, Tom (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.tompittsauthor.com

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

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

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.

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

See pulpartists.com/Plaisted.html

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

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

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.

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

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

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

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

Born in Northwich; author, editor, and journalist.

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope

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

See pulpartists.com/Popp.html

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

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

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

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

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Davisson_Post

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

Powell, J(ohn) W(esley) (1834-1902) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Powell

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Prentice, Ralph (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Not to be confused with the musician (1906-1968).

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

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

Prévost, Marcel (1862-1941) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Prévost

Price, E(dgar) Hoffmann (“Trooper”) (1898-1988) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Hoffmann_Price

Pringle, Murray T. (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Archaeologist.

Prior, Matthew (1664-1721) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Prior

Prior, Percy B. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2015/06/percy-b-prior.html

Pritchard, Harmon; [born Herman Prichep] (1890-1938) (items) (chron.)

See rogallery.com/Pritchard_Harmon/pritchard-biography.html

Pritchett, Lulita Crawford (1906-1991) (items) (chron.)

See www.lulitacrawfordpritchett.com