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| − | + | [[File:LangdonKevin1960s.jpeg|thumb|'''Kevin Langdon, 1960s'''. ]] | |
| + | '''Kevin George Langdon''', a [[Bay Area]] [[fan]] active mainly in the 1960s, is best remembered for inventing the [[Langdon Chart]] to map out sexual liaisons between [[fans]]. He was described by another [[fan]] as "a very young, ''very'' brilliant, generally-pleasant. but somewhat more socially inept than most." He also devised the [http://www.lumifont.co.uk/omnitest.php Langdon Adult Intelligence Test], which was printed in ''[[Omni]]'' in April 1979. | ||
| − | He published the [[fanzine]] ''[[Quantifier]]'' in the mid-60s. | + | He published the [[fanzine]] ''[[Quantifier]]'' in the mid-60s. He supported [[Walter Breen]] in the [[Breendoggle]] and was one of the [[Pacificon II]] boycotters evicted in the [[Battle of the Mezzanine]]. |
| − | {{person}} | + | ''[[S. F. Weekly]]'' for [https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/SFWeekly/SFWeekly194.pdf July 31, 1967,] reported: |
| + | Kevin Langdon was married to [[Sue Krakow]] of [[New York]] on July 30th at 2:50 pm in "Provo Park" in downtown [[Berkeley]], [[California]]. [[Ray Nelson]], black-gowned elder of the Church of the Brotherhood of the Way, presided. Attendees included [[Marie Ellington]], 2 police with walkie-talkies, [[Jerry Knight|Jerry]] & [[Miriam Knight]], [[Bob Lichtman|Bob]] & [[Margo Lichtman]], [[Pat Ellington]], and [[Redd Boggs]], plus many hippies and onlookers. | ||
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| + | They divorced in December 1974 and Langdon remarried in 1987. He turned up in [[fandom]] at intervals into the 1990s. | ||
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| + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150316075442/http://www.polymath-systems.com:80/biograph/profile.html Autobiographical statement] from his defunct website | ||
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| + | * ''[[Quantifier]]'' [mid-1960s] | ||
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| + | {{person | born=1943}} | ||
[[Category:fan]] | [[Category:fan]] | ||
[[Category:US]] | [[Category:US]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:23, 22 June 2023
(May 3, 1943 — )
Kevin George Langdon, a Bay Area fan active mainly in the 1960s, is best remembered for inventing the Langdon Chart to map out sexual liaisons between fans. He was described by another fan as "a very young, very brilliant, generally-pleasant. but somewhat more socially inept than most." He also devised the Langdon Adult Intelligence Test, which was printed in Omni in April 1979.
He published the fanzine Quantifier in the mid-60s. He supported Walter Breen in the Breendoggle and was one of the Pacificon II boycotters evicted in the Battle of the Mezzanine.
S. F. Weekly for July 31, 1967, reported:
Kevin Langdon was married to Sue Krakow of New York on July 30th at 2:50 pm in "Provo Park" in downtown Berkeley, California. Ray Nelson, black-gowned elder of the Church of the Brotherhood of the Way, presided. Attendees included Marie Ellington, 2 police with walkie-talkies, Jerry & Miriam Knight, Bob & Margo Lichtman, Pat Ellington, and Redd Boggs, plus many hippies and onlookers.
They divorced in December 1974 and Langdon remarried in 1987. He turned up in fandom at intervals into the 1990s.
- Autobiographical statement from his defunct website
- Quantifier [mid-1960s]
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