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(1908 -- November 11, 1963)

A [[fan]] and [[pro]] who started reading [[sf]] in 1923 and started publishing in ''[[Wonder Stories]]'' in 1932.  In real life he had a PhD in Chemistry from MIT and worked as a researcher at Hoffman-La Roche in New Jersey.  

He also wrote for early [[fanzines]] such as ''[[Fantasy Magazine]]'', ''[[New Fandom]]'', ''[[Fantasy News]]'', ''[[Spaceways]]'', ''[[Cosmic Tales]]'' and ''[[Fantasy Commentator]]''. He attended [[Nycon 1]], the first [[Worldcon]] in 1939 and was on the [[Philcon I]] program.  

He was a member of [[New Fandom]] (and was one of their delegates to the [[1938 Philadelphia Conference]]), the [[ISA]], the [[Queens SFL]], [[NAPA]], the [[Hydra Club]], and [[ESFA]], serving as a Director for a time.  He wrote for ''[[The Science Fiction Yearbook 1958 Edition]]''.  He was also responsible for the [[Science-Fiction Tests]].

[[Sam Moskowitz]] wrote a lengthy obituary in the December 1963 issue of ''[[Science Fiction Times]]''.  About two months before his death, an apparent suicide, he sold his entire collection to [[Gerry de la Ree]].  

For an early short biography, see ''[[Who's Who in Fandom 1940]]''  p6.

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