Daphne Buckmaster
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Daphne Buckmaster (formerly Bradley), a UK fan active from the late 1940s through to the 1960s, began attending SF conventions in 1948 where she was reportedly 'the only unattached woman' at the Whitcon. She was a member of the British Fantasy Library, the Woolwich Science Fiction and Vargo Statten Appreciation Society in 1954, and of the BSFA. She was a member (and OE) of OMPA and belonged to SAPS.
She began publishing her fanzine Esprit in 1954: at first it was intended only for circulation in the Offtrails Magazine Publishers Association (OMPA), but with the 13th issue in 1960 she decided to make it generally available. In 1960, she released the fanzine Hobo, and also began publishing Random, of which three issues appeared, the first in 1960 and the second and third in 1961. She contributed art to other fanzines.
She married Ron Buckmaster. Originally from London, England, she later lived in Scotland.
In Distaff 1 (September 1958, p. 2), Ethel Lindsay described her:
Daphne Buckmaster is the only femme fan I meet, who can draw, She produced the cover, invented the new name [of Femizine, now Distaff], and helped out with illos. When I first met her at the Manchester Con I had great difficulty believing that she was really married, she looked about 14 years old, she still looks very young and ingenious.
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