Terry Jeeves

(October 1, 1922 – May 29, 2011)

Eric Bentcliffe and Terry Jeeves at Loncon, 1957. Photo by Norman Shorrock.

Byron Terence Jeeves was a longtime Sheffield, UK, fanartist, writer, and publisher, active in fandom from 1948. Throughout his long fan career, he was well known for welcoming and helping newcomers to the world of fandom.

His perzine Erg (many of which were distributed in OMPA and FAPA as well as generally) saw 166 issues from 1959 to 2005; he also co-edited Triode 1954–77 and Con-Science (1954) with Eric Bentcliffe and Eric Jones.

His line artwork (including the trademark alien “Soggies”) appeared in many fanzines and won him the 2007 Rotsler Award.

Soggy illo from Sfaira 2–3 (March 1957).

He was a founding member of the BSFA, he edited its critical journal Vector 1958–59, and he received the 1965 Doc Weir Award. He was on the Loncon I and Brumcon committees. He was a member of the Nor'West SF Club.

He was one of the founders of TAFF and ran unsuccessfully in 1955. He was the subject of a Terry Jeeves Fan Fund to bring him to SunCon in 1977, but it actually brought him to Iguanacon in 1978. He was inducted into the First Fandom Hall of Fame in 2010. He was a Knight of St. Fantony.

With Mike Ashley, he compiled the The Complete Index to Astounding. He published the Fanzine Production Handbook.

In mundane life, Jeeves was a schoolteacher. His second wife, Val Jeeves, whom he married in 1960, taught at the same school. He had three children, a son and two daughters.

• Brief autobiographical note in Andromeda 7 (December 1954, p. 9).
• Who's Who item in Skyrack 62 (January 29, 1964, p. 2).
• Thomas D. Sadler published Wartime Daze, an appreciation zine to Jeeves that included numerous articles and art by him.

Fanzines and Apazines:

• Con-Science [1954] (with Eric Bentcliffe and Eric Jones)
• Erg Quarterly in the USA [1980s]
• Erg [1959–2005] (for OMPA and FAPA)
• Triode [1954–77] (with Eric Bentcliffe and Eric Jones)
• Vector [1958–59]

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1957 -- Knight of St. Fantony
• 1965 -- Doc Weir Award
• 1978 -- Terry Jeeves Fan Fund
• 2007 -- Rotsler Award
• 2010 -- First Fandom Hall of Fame

Characteristic Jeeves-drawn cover of Erg 40 (October 1972) with signature “Soggy” at center.

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Person

1922—2011

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