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| − | ('' | + | (December 2, 1914 – February 25, 1999)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-record-obituary-for-theodore-henry/123890911/ "Theodore Henry Engel, 84, retired accountant"], in the ''Daily Record'' (Morristown, NJ), February 26, 1999, page A18</ref> |
| − | ''' | + | '''Theodore Henry Engel''' was a [[New York]] [[fan]] active beginning in the 1940s or perhaps earlier. He wrote in a [[loc]] to ''[[G2]]'' v2#6 ([https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/G2/G22-0206.pdf#page=12 February 1963, p. 12]): |
| − | I have been a reader and collector of SF since April, 1928, when I was thirteen, and read my first issue of Amazing Stories, thru the courtesy of an uncle, in August, 1927, when aged twelve. [...] I attended so many fan meetings, over so long a period, that I cannot remember if I first started before the war, in 1939 or 1940, or immediately after the war, in 1946. | + | I have been a [[reader]] and [[collector]] of [[SF]] since April, 1928, when I was thirteen, and read my first issue of [[Amazing Stories]], thru the courtesy of an uncle, in August, 1927, when aged twelve. [...] I attended so many [[fan gatherings|fan meetings]], over so long a period, that I cannot remember if I first started before the [[war]], in 1939 or 1940, or immediately after the war, in 1946. |
| − | He and his wife [[Jean Carrol]] Engel were members of [[Noreascon 3]] (1989) | + | He belonged to [[ESFA]] and the [[First Fandom club]]. He and his second wife, the former [[Jean Carrol]], whom he married about 1963<ref>[[Jean Carrol]], in ''[[G2]]'', [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/G2/G22-0110.pdf#page=22 March 1963]: "I'm engaged to be married to Theodore Engel."</ref>, were members of [[Nolacon II]] (1988)<ref>[https://fanac.org/conpubs/Worldcon/Nolacon%20II/Nolacon%20II%20PR%201.pdf Nolacon II PR 1.]</ref>, [[Noreascon 3]] (1989)<ref>[https://fanac.org/conpubs/Worldcon/Noreascon%203/1989%20-%20Noreascon%203%20Souvenir%20Book.pdf#page=194 Noreascon 3 Souvenir Book.]</ref> and [[Chicon V]] (1991)<ref>[https://fanac.org/conpubs/Worldcon/Chicon%20V/Chicon%20V%20Program%20Book.pdf#page=161 Chicon V Program Book.]</ref>, but do not appear in later [[Worldcon]] member lists. Jean died in 1994, after which he moved to New Jersey. |
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| + | He had a son and a daughter with his first wife, Harriette Trueman. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:05, 4 May 2023
(December 2, 1914 – February 25, 1999)[1]
Theodore Henry Engel was a New York fan active beginning in the 1940s or perhaps earlier. He wrote in a loc to G2 v2#6 (February 1963, p. 12):
I have been a reader and collector of SF since April, 1928, when I was thirteen, and read my first issue of Amazing Stories, thru the courtesy of an uncle, in August, 1927, when aged twelve. [...] I attended so many fan meetings, over so long a period, that I cannot remember if I first started before the war, in 1939 or 1940, or immediately after the war, in 1946.
He belonged to ESFA and the First Fandom club. He and his second wife, the former Jean Carrol, whom he married about 1963[2], were members of Nolacon II (1988)[3], Noreascon 3 (1989)[4] and Chicon V (1991)[5], but do not appear in later Worldcon member lists. Jean died in 1994, after which he moved to New Jersey.
He had a son and a daughter with his first wife, Harriette Trueman.
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- ↑ "Theodore Henry Engel, 84, retired accountant", in the Daily Record (Morristown, NJ), February 26, 1999, page A18
- ↑ Jean Carrol, in G2, March 1963: "I'm engaged to be married to Theodore Engel."
- ↑ Nolacon II PR 1.
- ↑ Noreascon 3 Souvenir Book.
- ↑ Chicon V Program Book.
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