Ken Chadwick

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Kenneth 'Ken' Chadwick was a UK fan from Leeds active in the 1940s. He attended Norcon II over New Year 1944–5 and was a member of the British Fantasy Society (BFS).

He is first credited with helping duplicate and assemble Futurian War Digest with #23 in October 1943, a role he undertook for many further issues. Editor J. Michael Rosenblum said of him:

... This latter gentleman we hope to make into a pukka fan some day, if we can drag him away from his beloved tec stories; he already reads Astounding and all the fanzines we will lend him.

He did in fact join the BFS later that year and immediately took charge of its magazine chain which in August 1943 he was said to be running it 'unobtrusive efficiency'. He had hoped to attend the first Norcon over new year 1943–4 but was unable to do so although he did attend the second.

The British Fantasy Society Bulletin #20 in January 1945 implied he had moved to Leicester but this may be an error as there is no reported change of address and the 1945 Directory of Anglo-Fandom still shows him in Leeds. He is not listed in Ron Bennett's Directory of Science Fiction Fandom published in 1956.

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