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'''Horace Chandler Davis''' was a member of the [[Stranger Club]] and was one of the members who attended [[Noreascon 3]] as [[Fan GoH]].  He edited and published the [[FAPAzine]] ''[[Blitherings]]'' in the 1940s (also published in [[VAPA]]) as well as the [[apazine]] ''[[macVert]]'' for [[VAPA]].  He was a member of the [[Brain Trust]] and had something to do with the [[fireworks]] at [[Philcon I]], where he also played piano and sang his own science fictional songs.
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[[File:DavisChandler1975.jpeg|thumb|'''Chan Davis, 1975'''. ''Photo by George M. Bergman, [https://opc.mfo.de/detail?photo_id=5002 Oberwolfach Photo Collection.]'']]
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'''Horace Chandler Davis''' was a member of the [[Stranger Club]] and was one of the members who attended [[Noreascon 3]] as [[Fan GoH]].  He [[edited]] and [[published]] the [[FAPAzine]] ''[[Blitherings]]'' in the 1940s (also published in [[VAPA]]) as well as the [[apazine]] ''[[macVert]]'' for [[VAPA]].  He was a member of the [[Brain Trust]]. He had something to do with the [[fireworks]] at [[Philcon ]], the 1947 [[Worldcon]], where he also played piano and sang his own science fictional songs, and he attended [[Torcon]], the sixth Worldcon, in 1948.
  
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He began writing [[SF]] in the 1940s, several of his stories appearing in ''[[Astounding]]''.  He stopped writing SF in the 1950s.
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He began writing [[SF]] in the 1940s, several of his stories appearing in ''[[Astounding]]'' and stopped around 1960 (though with two later pieces.)
  
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In 1960, when he was an instructor at the University of Michigan, he was called before the House Unamerican Activities Committee to answer questions about a leftist organization he'd been associated with while at Harvard.  He refused to answer and was sent to jail for six months. He moved to Canada and began teaching at the University of [[Toronto]]. He has lived in [[Canada]] longer than he lived in the US.
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In 1960, when he was an instructor at the University of Michigan, he was called before the House Unamerican Activities Committee to answer questions about a leftist organization he'd been associated with while at Harvard.  He refused to answer and was sent to jail for six months. A Harvard-educated mathematician, writer, and educator, he moved to [[Canada]] in 1962 and began teaching at the University of Toronto. He was the editor-in-chief of the Mathematical Intelligencer from 1991-2004.
  
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An American-born mathematician, writer, and educator now living in [[Canada]], Davis was born in Ithaca, New York, to parents Horace B. Davis and Marian R. Davis. In 1948 he married Natalie Zemon Davis; they had three children.   
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Davis was born in [[Ithaca, NY]], to parents Horace B. Davis and Marian R. Davis. In 1948, he married Natalie Zemon Davis; they had three children.   
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He was only occasionally involved with [[fandom]] after emigrating. In June 2010, ''Walks in Beauty: Selected Prose of Chandler Davis'', a nonfiction collection, was released by Aqueduct Press.
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* {{SFE|name=davis_chandler}}.
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* [https://sites.google.com/a/chandavis.com/www Website.]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030310072148/https://www.math.uregina.ca/basterfield/davis.html Archived bio. ]
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* [https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/269/357/316451/ Horace Chandler Davis, Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee,] 269 F.2d 357 (6th Cir. 1959).
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* [https://www.springer.com/journal/283/ Mathematical Intelligencer]
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* [https://sites.google.com/a/chandavis.com/www/ The Chandler Davis Online Archive.]
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* [https://youtu.be/JqkuQHkWKns Video of Davis on July 6, 2022,] in the hospital, introducing a panel on human rights organized on the occasion of the [https://caseazatmiftakhov.org/2022/09/28/chandler-davis-in-memoriam/ Azat Miftakhov Days Against the War,] mentioning his own experience as a political prisoner.
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* [https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/legacy/obituary.aspx?pid=202903922 Obituary]
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* ''[[Blitherings]]'' [1940s] (for [[FAPA]] and [[VAPA]])
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* ''[[macVert]]'' (for [[VAPA]])
  
 
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* 1989 -- [[Noreascon 3]] (as part of [[The Stranger Club]])
 
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Latest revision as of 10:21, 3 October 2023

(August 12, 1926 – September 24, 2022)

Chan Davis, 1975. Photo by George M. Bergman, Oberwolfach Photo Collection.

Horace Chandler Davis was a member of the Stranger Club and was one of the members who attended Noreascon 3 as Fan GoH. He edited and published the FAPAzine Blitherings in the 1940s (also published in VAPA) as well as the apazine macVert for VAPA. He was a member of the Brain Trust. He had something to do with the fireworks at Philcon , the 1947 Worldcon, where he also played piano and sang his own science fictional songs, and he attended Torcon, the sixth Worldcon, in 1948.

He began writing SF in the 1940s, several of his stories appearing in Astounding and stopped around 1960 (though with two later pieces.)

In 1960, when he was an instructor at the University of Michigan, he was called before the House Unamerican Activities Committee to answer questions about a leftist organization he'd been associated with while at Harvard. He refused to answer and was sent to jail for six months. A Harvard-educated mathematician, writer, and educator, he moved to Canada in 1962 and began teaching at the University of Toronto. He was the editor-in-chief of the Mathematical Intelligencer from 1991-2004.

Davis was born in Ithaca, NY, to parents Horace B. Davis and Marian R. Davis. In 1948, he married Natalie Zemon Davis; they had three children.

He was only occasionally involved with fandom after emigrating. In June 2010, Walks in Beauty: Selected Prose of Chandler Davis, a nonfiction collection, was released by Aqueduct Press.

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