1937 Leeds Convention

The First British Science Fiction Conference was the formal name of a convention held on January 3, 1937, at the Theosophical Hall in Leeds, UK.

The official report said 'Approximately 20 fans or authors attended'. There were fourteen known attendees, including Eric Frank Russell and Arthur C. Clarke. This was unquestionably a convention, but it was also unquestionably after the first convention in Philadelphia (which was less clearly a convention).

Known attendees:

• George Airey (Leeds)
• Ted Carnell (London)
• Arthur C. Clarke (London)
• Walter Gillings (Ilford)
• Harold Gottliffe (Leeds)
• Albert Griffiths (Bradford)
• Maurice K. Hanson (Nuneaton)
• Les Johnson (Liverpool)
• Douglas W. F. Mayer (Leeds)
• A. Miller (Leeds)
• J. Michael Rosenblum (Leeds)
• Eric Frank Russell (Liverpool)
• B. Saffer (Leeds)
• Herbert Warnes (Leeds), chairman

See also Which Was the First SF Convention?, Early Conventions and Rob Hansen's excellent web pages on the Leeds Convention.

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