Kerry Gaulder
(???? – February 17, 1990)
Clifford Francis Kerry Gaulder[1] was a UK fan from Warlingham, Surrey active in the 1940s and 1950s. He attended the Whitcon of 1948, the Loncon of 1949, the Festivention of 1951, and the London SF Con of 1952. He was a member of the Science Fantasy Society (SFS) and attended the 1956 Worldcon, NyCon II, as part of the team promoting the bid for Loncon although he's not listed as a member of the 1957 Worldcon.
Gaulder was in the Royal Air Force as part of National Service, becoming a pilot officer in 1949. He attended the Whitcon and at least once acted as reviewer for Fantasy Review later that year. At the Festivention he was an 'extremely able projectionist' according to Vin¢ Clarke. At the 1949 Loncon he participated in the debate, 'It is the opinion of this Convention that adherence to rigid editorial policies is detrimental to the proper development of fantasy fiction, and it recommends that magazine editors should allow more scope for the free expression of ideas, irrespective of their deviations from traditional taboos.' This was proposed by Bill Temple, seconded by Arthur C. Clarke, and opposed by Harry Kay, seconded by Gaulder. In 1952 he was again in action as a projectionist and had moved to Middlesex to the west of London.
At the 1956 Worldcon, NyCon II, he was part of the 'supporting cast [of] Londoners' for the 1957 bid. However, he had seemingly moved to Canada some years earlier as a 'C. F. Kerry Gaulder' with an address in Hamilton, Ontario had published letters in Astounding in 1954 and 1955. He does not appear on the membership list of Loncon. The Cadillac Database says he moved to Wilmington, Massachusetts in 1962 where he was President & Chief Engineer for Source Engineering.
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- ↑ In London fandom he was invariably 'Kerry Gaulder'. Later he was usually styled 'C. F. Kerry Gaulder'.
