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A New Zealand [[fan]] who moved to the US after being awarded one of the first [[NZ]] Fulbright Scholarships, before dying at a young age unexpectedly in Chicago.
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'''Noel Jenkin''' was the first [[New Zealand]] fan to publish a [[mimeographed]] [[fanzine]], ''[[Science Fiction Bulletin (Jenkin)]]'', in 1935. He appears to have been the first fan outside the [[US]] to do so, as acknowledged by [[Walt Willis]] in a [[column]] published in ''[[Nebula (UK)]]'' magazine.
  
In 1935 he was the first [[NZ]] fan to publish a mimeographed [[fanzine]] ''Science Fiction Bulletin'' and appears to have been the first fan outside the US to do so, as acknowledged by [[Walt Willis]] in a column published in ''[[Nebula]]'' magazine.
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Jenkin moved to the US after being awarded one of the first [[NZ]] Fulbright Scholarships in 1953; he died at a young age unexpectedly in [[Chicago]].
  
 
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Revision as of 05:45, 17 August 2021

(???? – 1972)

Noel Jenkin was the first New Zealand fan to publish a mimeographed fanzine, Science Fiction Bulletin, in 1935. He appears to have been the first fan outside the United States to do so, as acknowledged by Walt Willis in a column published in Nebula magazine.

Jenkin moved to the US after being awarded one of the first NZ Fulbright Scholarships in 1953; he died at a young age unexpectedly in Chicago.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

  • 1953 — Fulbright Scholarship to study in the USA



Person ????1972
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