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Wellman, Manly Wade, 1903-1986

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Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986) was an author best known for his fantasy and horror stories set in the Appalachian Mountains. He was born in Angola, where his father was a physician at a British medical outpost. He later moved to the United States and was educated at Wichita Municipal University (now Wichita State University) in Kansas and Columbia Univeristy. Wellman served as lieutenant in World War II, after which he moved to Pine Bluff, N.C. He relocated to Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1951 and rece...

Wellman, Paul I. (Paul Iselin), 1898-1966

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Wellman was born Oct. 14, 1898, in Enid, OK; AB, Fairmont College (now Univ. of Wichita), 1918; worked as reporter, writer, and editor for various Wichita newspapers, 1919-36, and the Kansas City Star, 1936-44; became a screenwriter for Warner Brothers and M-G-M, 1944-46; published histories of the west and many historical novels, including The iron mistress (1951) and The fiery flower (1959); member, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Society of American Historians; died Sept. 17, ...

Spalding, Graydon E. (Graydon Edward), 1911-1993

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Graydon Edward Spalding (1911-1993) worked as the stacks supervisor in the Rare Books Department of the Huntington Library. His avocation was theatre, and he performed in productions at the Pasadena Playhouse and other San Gabriel Valley venues. Spalding also presented one-man shows and workshops for drama classes at Pasadena High School, Pasadena City College and others. From the description of Papers of Graydon E. Spalding, 1927-1971. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Bota...

Wellman, Alice, 1900-1984

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Alice Wellman was born on May 11, 1900 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She received a B.A. in 1922 from Pomona College and a B.S. in 1923 from Witchita State University. Before becoming a writer, Ms. Wellman was an actress and singer on stage and for Warner Bros. films. She has also been a lecturer at San Diego State University; University of California, Irvine; University of California, Los Angeles and at the University of North Carolina. She is the author of seven children's books. Alice Wellman died...

Wellman, Lydia Isely.

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Wellman, Frederick L.

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Frederick Lovejoy Wellman (1897-1994) was a plant pathologist most known for his reasearch on coffee rust disease (Hemileia vastatrix). Born in Angola, Africa, Wellman moved to Kansas as a child. He attended Fairmount College, (now Wichita State University), receiving his A.B. degree in 1920. He then attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he earned his M.A. in 1924 and Ph.D. in 1928. After graduation, Wellman began work as a plant pathologist for the United Fruit Company in Hondu...