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| + | [[File:FarnsworthRL1952.jpeg|thumb|upright|'''R. L. Farnsworth, ca. 1952'''.<br>''From the [[Chicon II]] [[PB]].'' ]] | ||
(July 3, 1909 – August 3, 1998) | (July 3, 1909 – August 3, 1998) | ||
| − | '''Robert Lee Farnsworth''' of [[Glen Ellyn, IL]], was a [[fan]] and president and founder of the United States Rocket Society, Inc., in the 1940s and ’50s. | + | '''Robert Lee Farnsworth''' of [[Glen Ellyn, IL]], was a [[fan]] and president and founder of the United States Rocket Society, Inc., active in the 1940s and ’50s. He was a somewhat controversial figure in [[fandom]] — his American imperialist views on space and interest in [[Forteanism]] weren’t to some fans’ taste. |
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| + | On November 8, 1940, he married Evelyn Swenson in Chicago. | ||
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| + | *[http://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean “Robert L. Farnsworth as a Fortean”] by Joshua BluBuhs, ''From an Oblique Angle'', December 3, 2014. | ||
| + | *[https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?24952 Bibliography at ISFDB. ] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:13, 6 May 2023
(July 3, 1909 – August 3, 1998)
Robert Lee Farnsworth of Glen Ellyn, IL, was a fan and president and founder of the United States Rocket Society, Inc., active in the 1940s and ’50s. He was a somewhat controversial figure in fandom — his American imperialist views on space and interest in Forteanism weren’t to some fans’ taste.
On November 8, 1940, he married Evelyn Swenson in Chicago.
- “Robert L. Farnsworth as a Fortean” by Joshua BluBuhs, From an Oblique Angle, December 3, 2014.
- Bibliography at ISFDB.
| Person | 1909—1998 |
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