Roger Pocock

Born in 1865, Henry Roger Ashwell Pocock was a British writer, journalist, and adventurer who spent important years in Canada after arriving there with his father in 1882. Archival and reference sources describe him as a former member of the North-West Mounted Police, and later a soldier and reporter whose experiences on the frontier shaped much of his writing.

Pocock is remembered for books including A Frontiersman and other adventure tales set in the West. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction also notes him as the author of The Chariot of the Sun and The Wolf Trail, showing that his work ranged beyond memoir and western adventure into speculative fiction.

He also founded the Legion of Frontiersmen in 1905, adding another unusual chapter to an already eventful life. He died in 1941, leaving behind the image of a writer who drew directly from action, travel, and the rough edges of empire.