View source for Science Fiction Association membership 1937-1939

The '''Science Fiction Association''' ('''SFA''') was the [[UK]]'s first national [[fan]] organisation. It was founded at the [[1937 Leeds Convention]] and had about 145 members through to January 1939 when the last issue of ''[[Novae Terrae]]'', its official organ, was published. The Association was suspended on the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] and never resurrected. It was succeeded by the [[British Fantasy Society]] (BFS) in 1942.

If a full membership list was ever published it hasn't been located as of 2024. However, the names of new members were published in ''Novae Terrae'' starting with #11 (April 1937), and other individuals can be extrapolated as members based on names of officers and reports of branch meetings.

What follows is a likely incomplete listing of SFA members. The date following each name is that of the earliest issue of ''Novae Terrae'' in which their membership is noted. While the SFA was a British organisation, it included a number of members from other countries, notably the [[US]]. Overseas members are marked *.

''Note: the following is a work in progress. Unlinked names are being checked to see if they already exist in F3 under variants.''

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* [[Forrest J Ackerman]] * (July 1937)
* [[George Airey]] (February 1937)
* [[MayBelle Anshutz]] * (September 1938)
* R. A. Armitage (August 1937)
* F. J. Arnold (August 1938)
* [[G. W. Axworthy]] (October 1937)
* [[Claire P. Beck]]* (August 1937)
* P. W. Berry (April 1937)
* [[Sid Birchby]] (May 1937)
* D. Black (August 1938)
* H. J. Blakeley (May 1937)
* [[Abraham Bloom]] (June 1937)
* [[Sydney Bounds]] (October 1937)
* F. Brady (September 1938)
* [[John F. Burke]] (September 1938)
* [[John W. Campbell, Jr.]]* (December 1937)
* [[E. J. Carnell]] (June 1937)
* [[Anthony Chapman]] (July 1937)
* [[G. Ken Chapman]] (October 1937)
* [[Hal Chibbett]] (November 1937)
* [[Arthur C. Clarke]] (August 1937)
* Wilfred F. Cockcroft (March 1938)
* B. H. Cohen (April 1937)
* S. Conning (January 1938)
* W. W. Crafer (January 1938)
* S. Davies (October 1937)
* S. E. Dench (August 1937)
* W. A. Devereaux (March 1938)
* [[Frank Dobby]] (May 1937)
* John C. H. Drummond (October 1937)
* A. G. Dunn (January 1938)
* G. Ellis (August 1938)
* Gerald Evans (September 1938)
* [[I. O. Evans]] (August 1937)
* Miss F. Fairchild* (July 1937)
* [[John Russell Fearn]] (June 1938)
* [[Alicia Feather]] (June 1937)
* [[Nancy Featherstone]]* (December 1938)
* [[Ron Fishwick]] (July 1937)
* E. W. Fits (November 1937)
* [[Les Flood]] (April 1937)
* A. Francis (April 1937)
* [[Ernest Gabrielson]] (December 1938)
* [[W. Arthur Gibson]] (July 1937)
* [[Vic Gillard]] (November 1937)
* [[Walter H. Gillings]] (April 1937)
* J. H. Gilmour (July 1937)
* J. Gordon (September 1938)
* [[Harold Gottliffe]] (February 1937)
* [[Mary Corinne Gray]] (Pogo)* (September 1938)
* [[J. T. Greenwood]] (October 1937)
* Mrs. L. Grieve (September 1938)
* H. Griffiths (August 1938)
* S. Hallett (July 1937)
* [[Maurice K. Hanson]] (April 1937)
* Laurie L. Harris (January 1938)
* [[Vernon Harry]]* (April 1937)
* [[Dale Hart]] (August 1938)
* [[Leslie V. Heald]] (January 1939)
* J Heitt (July 1937)
* [[Phil Hetherington]] (April 1937)
* E. Hiller (May 1937)
* [[Russ Hodgkins]]* (July 1937)
* [[Ron Holmes]] (December 1938)
* [[Maurice G. Hugi]] (March 1938)
* [[Dennis Jacques]] (April 1937)
* J. B. Jepson (June 1937)
* [[Leslie J. Johnson]] (May 1937)
* S. Johnstone (September 1938)
* F. H. P. Knight (September 1938)
* [[H. C. Koenig]]* (August 1937)
* L. Kualan (October 1937)
* [[Louis Kuslan]] (November 1938)
* [[E. G. Lane]] (May 1937)
* F. C. Lennox (August 1938)
* [[Bert Lewis]] (January 1939)
* P. L. Lewis (December 1937)
* [[Wyndham Lewis]] (August 1938)
* J. Lightbrown (March 1938)
* E. Longley (November 1937)
* [[Professor A. M. Low]] (June 1937)
* K. E. F. von Lute (July 1937)
* Colin H. Macklin (January 1938)
* F. Mallen (July 1937)
* H. T. May (November 1937)
* [[Douglas W. F. Mayer]] (February 1937)
* [[David McIlwain]] (September 1938)
* [[A. Miller]] (May 1938)
* F. Montgomery (October 1937)
* D. C. Moore (January 1938)
* T. J. Morgan (July 1937)
* [[Eric Moss]] (July 1937)
* J. Moss (July 1937)
* M. L. Neale (January 1938)
* [[Eric Needham]] (January 1938)
* S. Nyman (May 1937)
* R. W. Parrish (September 1938)
* [[W. J. Passingham]] (December 1938)
* S. Peck (August 1937)
* Harold Penfold (May 1938)
* J. L. Pope (August 1938)
* [[Festus Pragnell]] (April 1937)
* E. Rose (July 1937)
* [[J. Michael Rosenblum]] (April 1937)
* Alan J. W. Rozelaarar (November 1938)
* [[Oliver Saari]] (September 1938)
* [[Andrew Salmond]] (July 1937)
* B. A. Scarff (January 1938)
* M. C. Schmidt (September 1938)
* [[D. R. Smith]] 
* L. W. Smith (October 1937)
* V Smith (July 1937)
* A. G. Snowdon (July 1937)
* [[Jack Speer]] (August 1937)
* [[Olaf Stapledon]] (June 1937)
* [[Reg Stevens]] (May 1937)
* J. I. Stevenson (June 1937)
* William G. Stone (January 1938)
* [[James V. Taurasi]] (December 1937)
* R. Taylor (July 1937)
* [[William F. Temple]] (October 1937)
* [[Roy Test]] (July 1937)
* G. Thompson (July 1937)
* Thomas C. Toy (July 1937)
* [[Fred Tozer[[ (August 1938)
* [[F. Orlin Tremaine]] (August 1937)
* [[Harry Turner]] (October 1937)
* L. Turner (April 1937)
* R. E. Vincent (November 1938)
* [[Herbert Warnes]] (February 1937)
* J. Watts (July 1937)
* [[Doug Webster]] (January 1938)
* [[Norman Weedall]] (December 1938)
* J. D. White (September 1938)
* [[Olon F. Wiggins]]* (October 1937)
* [[Eric C. Williams]] (April 1937)
* A. Wilson (July 1937)
* [[Frank Wilson]] (March 1938)
* [[Richard Wilson]]* (October 1937)
* C. E. Windsor (November 1937)
* P.  F.  Wober (May 1937)
* [[Donald A. Wollheim]]* (June 1937)
* [[Dmitri de Woronin]]* (July 1937)
* [[T. Bruce Yerke]]* (July 1937)
* [[C. S. Youd]] (June 1937)
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''[[Novae Terrae]]'' #11 (April 1937) notes Miss [[D. E. Essam]] as attending a meeting of the [[Nuneaton]] branch as a prospective member. There is no evidence that she did in fact join. If she had done so she would likely have been the SFA's first female member, ahead of [[Alicia Feather]] who joined with #13 (June 1937).

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