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Pearse, Alfred (1856-1933) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Pearse


Pearsol, John G. (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items) (chron.)
Born in Ohio, lived in Texas and Florida.


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


Peixotto, Irma (Maduro) (1881-1964) (items) (chron.)
See www.askart.com/artist/Irma_Maduro_Peixotto/133926/Irma_Maduro_Peixotto.aspx


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) (1884-1969) (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.


Prance, Bertram (Stanley) (1889-1958) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_Prance


Pratt, Harry Noyes (1879-1944) (items) (chron.)
See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/10/harry-noyes-pratt-1879-1944.html


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, Ralph (Everett) (1901-1967) (items) (chron.)
See www.findagrave.com/memorial/158704589/ralph-everett-prentice


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


Pronzini, Bill; [i.e., William John Pronzini] (1943- ) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pronzini


Pushkin, Alexander Sergeievitch (1799-1837) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin


Pyles, V(irgil) E(vans) (1891-1965) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Pyles.html



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