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Andrew Julian Donnell was a jazz drummer, advertising manager, and illustrator who is known today as one of the four founding members of [[Fantasy Press]]. His association with Fantasy Press ended in 1950. | Andrew Julian Donnell was a jazz drummer, advertising manager, and illustrator who is known today as one of the four founding members of [[Fantasy Press]]. His association with Fantasy Press ended in 1950. | ||
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For three years, he worked as the company's art director, providing covers and interior art for the first publications of books by a number of popular SF writers of the 1940s, including [[Robert A Heinlein]], [[E. E. "Doc" Smith]], [[A. E. van Vogt]], [[Stanley Weinbaum]], [[L. Sprague de Camp]], and [[Jack Williamson]]. | For three years, he worked as the company's art director, providing covers and interior art for the first publications of books by a number of popular SF writers of the 1940s, including [[Robert A Heinlein]], [[E. E. "Doc" Smith]], [[A. E. van Vogt]], [[Stanley Weinbaum]], [[L. Sprague de Camp]], and [[Jack Williamson]]. | ||
| − | {{person}} | + | He served in the Army in World War II and died in 1991. |
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| + | * [[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/donnell_a_j Science Fiction Encyclopedia Link]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36240388/andrew-julian-donnell FindaGrave Link}} | ||
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| + | {{person | born=1905 | died=1991}} | ||
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[[Category:US]] | [[Category:US]] | ||
Revision as of 06:06, 26 August 2021
(November 9, 1905 - October 26, 1991)
Andrew Julian Donnell was a jazz drummer, advertising manager, and illustrator who is known today as one of the four founding members of Fantasy Press. His association with Fantasy Press ended in 1950.
For three years, he worked as the company's art director, providing covers and interior art for the first publications of books by a number of popular SF writers of the 1940s, including Robert A Heinlein, E. E. "Doc" Smith, A. E. van Vogt, Stanley Weinbaum, L. Sprague de Camp, and Jack Williamson.
He served in the Army in World War II and died in 1991.
- [Science Fiction Encyclopedia Link]
- [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36240388/andrew-julian-donnell FindaGrave Link}}
| Person | 1905—1991 |
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