The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 22

River, Uncle; pseudonym of Stephen Kaufman (1947- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Roan, Tom; [i.e., Thomas B. Roan] (1894-1958) (items) (chron.)

Born in Snead, Alabama; died in New Jersey; former peace officer who grew up in Alabama; prolific author of western stories for the pulps.

Robbins, Jhan (1919-1996) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/nyregion/jhan-robbins-76-wrote-biographies.html

Roberts, Morley (Charles) (1857-1942) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morley_Roberts

Roberts, (George Edward) Theodore Goodridge (1877-1953) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Goodridge_Roberts

Roberts, W(alter) Adolphe (1886-1962) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kingston, Jamaica; newspaper and magazine editor; lived on Staten Island; died in London on a visit to England.

Robertson, Colin (1906-1980) (items) (chron.)

Note: Born Colin Robertson Cooper in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, but the family name was changed to Robertson before the 1911 census.

Robertson, Frank C(hester) (1890-1969) (items) (chron.)

Prolific writer of westerns; brother of Obe Robertson. Born in Moscow, Idaho; died in Springfield, Utah (?).

Robertson, Morgan (Andrew) (1861-1915) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Robertson

Robertson, Obe (A.) (1884-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer; brother of Frank C. Robertson. Born in Idaho.

Robinson, Lee (1890-1962) (items) (chron.)

Advertising manager, traveller. Born in North Carolina (?); died in New York City.

Robinson, Thomas Heath (1869-1954) (items) (chron.)

See www.lookandlearn.com/blog/10387/thomas-heath-robinson

Roche, Arthur Somers (1883-1935) (items) (chron.)

Journalist and novelist. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts; studied law, but after practicing several years he became a journalist for the New York World in 1906; later lived in Florida and died in Palm Beach.

Rochester, Geo(rge) E(rnest) (1898-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Rocklynne, Ross; pseudonym of Ross Louis Rocklin (1913-1988) (items) (chron.)

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

Rodewald, Fred C(harles) (1905-1955) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Rodewald.html

Rodney, [Colonel] George Brydges (1872-1950) (items) (chron.)

Cavalry officer, served in Spanish-American War; presumably related to Admiral George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792). Lived in San Antonio, Texas; died in Houston, Texas.

Roe, Vingie E(ve) (1879-1958) (items) (chron.)

Born in Oxford, Kansas.

Rogers, (Reginald) Hubert (1898-1982) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Rogers.html

Rogers, Joel Townsley (1896-1984) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/04/joel-townsley-rogers-1896-1984-second.html

Rogers, Stanley (Reginald Harry) (1887-1961) (items) (chron.)

Born in Nottingham, England; author and illustrator of more than 30 books on ships and the sea; died in Bronxville, New York.

Rogers, Wayne; pseudonym of A. H. Bittner (1897-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Rohde, Robert H. (1889-?) (items) (chron.)

Reporter for New York Tribune.

Rohde, William L. (1918-2000) (items) (chron.)

Born in Dallas. Living in Florida in 1950s.

Romanoff, Alexander Nicholayevitch (1881-1945); used pseudonym Achmed Abdullah (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achmed_Abdullah

Ronald, James (1905-1972) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Glasgow, but lived in Fairfield, Connecticut from 1938 to 1955, when he was deported.

Roots, Tom (Smith, Jr.) (1909-1986) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Roots.html

Rosaire, Forrest (1902-1977) (items) (chron.)

Born in Chicago; for some years an oil explorer, then short story writer in California.

Roscoe, Theodore (1906-1992) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/08/TheodoreRoscoe.html

Roshon, K(arl) Kenneth (1914-1974) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-karl-kenneth-ro/135485639/

Rosner, Charles (1894-1975) (items) (chron.)

See www.vallejogallery.com/artist.php?id=126&artist=Charles_ROSNER

Ross, A(rthur) Leslie (Jr.) (1910-1989) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Ross.html

Ross, Irwin (1919-2005) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/irwin.ross/10660

Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Rossetti

Rouse, William Merriam (1884-1937) (items) (chron.)

Writer and journalist. Born in Alabany, New York; lived in Westport, New York.

Rousseau, Victor; pseudonym of Victor Rousseau Emanuel (1879-1960) (items) (chron.)

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

Roussel, Hubert (de Tavanne) (1897?-1980?) (items) (chron.)

Texas writer.

Rowe, John G(abriel) (1873-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born and educated in Liverpool; editor, scenarist, novelist and historian. It appears he died as John Thomas Rowe; birth name uncertain.

Rowell, Harry (1891-1961) (items) (chron.)

See www.prorodeohalloffame.com/inductees/by-category/stock-contractors/harry-rowell/

Rowland, Henry C(ottrell) (1874-1933) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York City; died in Washington D.C.; studied medicine at Yale School of Medicine and elsewhere; practiced medicine in New York City and abroad; special agent of Intelligence Department in WWI; built a schooner and used it to cruise about the world.

Rowland, Leon (1885?-1962) (items) (chron.)

Columnist and historian. Died in Santa Cruz, California.

Roy, Gladys (1902?-1927) (items)

See siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!263289!0

Roy, Robert (J.) (1899?-1927) (items) (chron.)

See troopers.ny.gov/Introduction/Wall_of_Honor/Wall_Detail_1920-1939.php

Rozen, George J(erome) (1895-1973) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Rozen,G.html

Rozen, Jerome G(eorge) (1895-1987) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Rozen,J.html

Rubel, James L(yon, Jr.) (1894-1960) (items) (chron.)

Born in Louisville, Kentucky; graduated from Harvard in 1917; served as a pilot in WWI; lived in Newport Beach, California during his writing life; used the pseudonyms Mason Macrae and Timothy Hayes as well as his own name for numerous westerns; died in Orange, California.

Rud, Anthony M(elville) (1893-1942) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/03/anthony-rud-1893-1942-first-cover-story.html

Rungius, Carl (Clemens Moritz) (1869-1959) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Rungius

Runyon, (Alfred) Damon (1880-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Runyon

Rush, William Marshall (1887-1950) (items) (chron.)

Writer, U.S. Forest Service Specialist, ranger. Born in New Haven, West Virginia; lived in Oregon.

Russell, Charles M(arion) (1864-1926) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marion_Russell

Russell, Robert Lowell (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See robertlowellrussell.blogspot.co.uk

Russell, Roger W. (1941-2012) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas'Naga

Russell, W(illiam) Clark (1844-1911) (items) (chron.)

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

Ruth, Rod(ney M.) (1912-1987) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/rodney-m-ruth-1912-1987.html

Saaf, Art(hur) (1921-2007) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Saaf

Sabin, Dewin L(egrand) (1870-1952) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_L._Sabin

Sabin, Edwin L(egrand) (1870-1952) (items) (chron.)

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

St. John, J(ames) Allen (1872-1957) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/StJohn.html

St. Vrain, Ray; pseudonym of John Louis Berry (fl. 1900s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Dime novelist William Henry Manning (1852-1929) sometimes used the pseudonym E. L. St. Vrain, and it is dimly possible that this is one of Manning’s pseudonyms.

Sale, Richard (Bernard) (1911-1993) (items) (chron.)

Mystery novelist and short story writer. Born in New York City; lived in California.

Samachson, Joseph (1906-1980) (items) (chron.)

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

Sand, George; pseudonym of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dudevant (1804-1876) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sand

Sanders, Charles Wesley (1875-1937) (items) (chron.)

Born in Michigan and died in Pasadena.

Sanford, Harry (Allen) (1929-1999) (items) (chron.)

Born in San Diego; died in Los Angeles.

Santee, Ross (1889-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/upLoads/library_Santee-Ross.pdf

Santesson, Hans Stefan (1914-1975) (items) (chron.)

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