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| − | {{person | born=? |Locale=Leeds, UK}} | + | He attended the [[1937 Leeds Convention]] but wasn't in evidence after that. He is not listed in the 1945 ''[[Directory of Anglo-Fandom]]'' and his first name isn’t recorded. |
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| + | This is entirely speculative, but there was a Basil Saffer born in Leeds in 1919. He emigrated to the [[US]] after the [[Second World War]] and became curator of the General Shale Museum of Ancient Brick in Johnson City, [[Tennessee]]. He died in 2011. Aside from the alignment of data points there is no real reason to assume he is the B. Saffer of the 1937 Leeds Convention but he seems like a pretty interesting bloke all the same. | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:11, 16 June 2024
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B. Saffer was a fan from Leeds active in the 1930s.
He attended the 1937 Leeds Convention but wasn't in evidence after that. He is not listed in the 1945 Directory of Anglo-Fandom and his first name isn’t recorded.
This is entirely speculative, but there was a Basil Saffer born in Leeds in 1919. He emigrated to the United States after the Second World War and became curator of the General Shale Museum of Ancient Brick in Johnson City, Tennessee. He died in 2011. Aside from the alignment of data points there is no real reason to assume he is the B. Saffer of the 1937 Leeds Convention but he seems like a pretty interesting bloke all the same.
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