The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 41

Foote, John Taintor (1881-1950) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taintor_Foote

Foote, Samuel (1720-1777) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Foote

Footner, (William) Hulbert (1879-1944) (items) (chron.)

Mystery writer, historian and playwright. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; died in Baltimore, Maryland.

Foran, [Major] W(illiam) Robert (1882-1966) (items) (chron.)

English traveller, writer, big-game hunter, East African policeman; foreign correspondent for Theodore Roosevelt’s African safari. Foran was resident in Kenya as Assistant District Superintendent of the British East African Police during the first decade of this century, and in 1908 he arrested Talbot Mundy (then passing as “Thomas Hartley”) in Lake Victoria. Although Foran was one of the few people who knew of Talbot Mundy’s past, he never publicly revealed his knowledge. Died in Nanyuki, Kenya. See also under Talbot Mundy.

Forbes, Diana; pseudonym of Celia Levetus (1874-1936) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Levetus

Forbes, Esther; [i.e., Esther Forbes Hoskins] (1891-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in Westborough, Mass.

Forbes, James (Gerrie) (1871-1938) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forbes_(screenwriter)

Forbes, Malcolm (Stevenson) (1919-1990) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Forbes

Forbes, (Joan) Rosita (née Torr) (1890-1967) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosita_Forbes

Forbes-Robertson, Jean (1905-1962) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Forbes-Robertson

Ford, Alice May Harte-Potts (1869-1931) (items) (chron.)

Born in Karwar, Bombay, India; died in Buckinghamshire, England.

Ford, Ford Madox; [born Ford Hermann Hueffer] (1873-1939); previously known as Ford Madox Hueffer (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Madox_Ford

Ford, James L(auren) (1854-1928) (items) (chron.)

Born in St. Louis.

Ford, Norman D(ennis) (1921- ) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in the United Kingdom, perhaps Wales; now lives in the United States.

Ford, T(homas) Murray (1854-1932) (items) (chron.)

English playwright; perhaps resident of Kenya.

Ford, T. W. (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Possibly Thomas William Ford, a freelance writer, born in New York on 22-Feb-1904.

Foreman, L(eonard) L(ondon) (1901-1969) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2019/04/ll-foreman-western-author.html

Forester, C(ecil) S(cott); pseudonym of Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith (1899-1966) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.S._Forester

Forman, Harrison (1904-1978) (items) (chron.)

Aviator, editor, foreign correspondent and writer. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died in New York City.

Forman, Justus Miles (1875-1915) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justus_Miles_Forman

Forrest, (Helena) M(abel Checkley) (1872-1935) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Forrest

Forrester, Fanny (1852-1889) (items) (chron.)

Lancashire dye-worker who published about sixty poems in Ben Brierley’s Journal from 1870 to 1876, and eleven more in The Quiver from 1874 to 1885.

Forrester, Izola L.; [i.e., Izola Louise Forrester Page] (1878-1944) (items) (chron.)

Novelist, poet, actress. Born in Pascoag, Rhode Island.

Forster, E(dward) M(organ) (1879-1970) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.M._Forster

Fort, Charles (Hoy) (1874-1932) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fort

Fortescue, Granville (Roland) (1875-1952) (items) (chron.)

Soldier, editor and playwright. Born in New York; died in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Fortescue, [Sir] John (William) (1859-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fortescue_(military_historian)

Fortier, Alcée (1856-1914) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcée_Fortier

Fortune, Jan Isbell(e) (1892-1979) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96384722

Fosdick, Charles Austin (1842-1915); used pseudonym Harry Castlemon (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Castlemon

Foster, Alan (Stephens) (1892-1969) (items) (chron.)

Born in Fulton, New York; died in Brooklyn, New York.

Foster, (William) Bennett (1897-1969) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2018/02/bennett-foster-western-author-teacher.html

Foster, David Skaats (1852-1920) (items) (chron.)

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

Foster, Elizabeth (1905-1963) (items) (chron.)

See www.geni.com/people/Elizabeth-Mann/6000000007088189499

Foster, George C(ecil) (1893-1975) (items) (chron.)

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

Foster, Jan (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Has degree in music from University of Miami; professional accompanist and music teacher.

Foster, John (Thomas) (1925-2009) (items) (chron.)

Reporter, editor, writer. Born in Chicago, Illinois; lived in California.

Foster, John L(ouis) (1941- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.johnfosterchildrenspoet.co.uk/index.php/about-john

Foster, Laura E. (1871-1920) (items) (chron.)

See peoplepill.com/people/laura-e-foster

Foster, Luke (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.imlukefoster.com

Foster, Martha Standing (1907-2002) (items) (chron.)

See www.genealogybuff.com/oh/athens/webbbs_config.pl/read/243

Foster, Michael (1904-1956) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foster_(writer)

Foster, Robert Frederick (1853-1945) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frederick_Foster

Foster, W(alter) Bert(ram) (1869-1929) (items) (chron.)

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

Foster, Will(iam) F(rederick) (1883-1953) (items) (chron.)

See www.nationalacademy.org/collections/artists/detail/1387/

Foster-Harris, (William) (1903-1978) (items) (chron.)

Educator, author, oilman, editor of an oil-related newspaper. Born in the Chicasaw Nation Indian Territory; died in Norman, Oklahoma.

Foucar, E(mile) C(harles) V(ictor) (1894-1963) (items) (chron.)

Born in Burma, grew up and educated in England from 1903; returned to Burma as a barrister in 1922 to practice there, staying until 1951; died in Honiton, Dorset, England.

Fowler (Felkin), Ellen Thorneycroft (1860-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Thorneycroft_Fowler

Fowler, Frank G(illman) (1900-1971) (items) (chron.)

Novelist and screenwriter. Born in Brooklyn, New York.

Fowler, Gene; [born Eugene Devlan] (1890-1960) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Fowler

Fowler, Milo James (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.milo-inmediasres.com

Fox, Edward S(eccomb) (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in New York; lived in Daytona Beach, Florida (?).

Fox, G. E. (fl. 1950s-1970s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps a misspelling of Gardner F. Fox’s name.

Fox, Gardner F(rancis) (1911-1986) (items) (chron.)

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

Fox, Lorraine (1922-1976) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Fox

Fox, Norman A(rnold) (1911-1960) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_A._Fox

Fox, William Johnson (1786-1864) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Johnson_Fox

Foxhall, George (Bartlett) (1882-1953) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/transcript-telegram-george-foxhall/138498549

Foy, Eddie (, Sr.) (1856-1928) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Foy,_Sr.

Fracé, Charles (Lewis) (1926-2005) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fracé

France, Anatole; pseudonym of Anatole-François Thibault (1844-1924) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole_France

Frances, Stephen D(aniel) (1917-1989) (items) (chron.)

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

Francine, Jacques Louis (1914-1988) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45346994

Francis, Dick (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Francis_(illustrator)

Francis, Richard Standish (1880-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Pennsylvania; obtained B.S. in science from Harvard; writer on golf; died in Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Franck, Harry A(lverson) (1881-1962) (items) (chron.)

Traveller, lecturer and writer. Born in Munger, Michigan; died in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

François, André; [born André Farkas] (1915-2005) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_François