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A chemist by profession and an early science-fiction writer by passion, this pulp-era author published a small but memorable run of stories in the 1930s and 1940s. His work captures the anxious, big-idea energy of early magazine science fiction.
Born in 1908, he was an American chemist who also wrote science fiction during the genre's early magazine years. Reference works on the field credit him with beginning his fiction career with "The Last Woman," published in Wonder Stories in 1932, and note that he went on to produce a handful of additional stories over the following decade.
He is also remembered as part of early science-fiction fandom. Fan-history sources describe him as an active reader, contributor to fanzines, and participant in some of the first major science-fiction gatherings, including the first Worldcon era.
Although his bibliography is small, his name remains of interest to readers of classic pulp SF, especially through works such as Cosmic Tragedy. He died in 1963.