Denny Cowen

(1930 – )

Dennis Cowen, sometimes referred to incorrectly as Dennis Cowan, is a fan and conrunner from Kettering, UK, active since the early 1950s.

In 1952 he became co-founder with Bill Panter of a fan group in Kettering. In a 1954 letter he referred to it as the Kettering (Northants) SF Society but the Kettering Astronautics Society is listed as the organising body of Cytricon I in 1955, implying a change of name and focus.

In 1953 he became the British Representative of Project Fan Club founded by Orville Mosher 'much to my surprise' and in 1954 he was reported to be gathering information for an Operation Fantast handbook of 'all fan clubs and organisations connected with fan interests'. He attended the Supermancon in 1954.

After the Supermancon, when the 1955 convention has been unilaterally allocated to the London Circle by Ted Tubb, Cowen volunteered to stage it in Kettering and he chaired the resulting Cytricon in 1955.

However, Eric Jones writing in Sidereal #3.1 claimed that none of the Kettering fans attended Cytricon II the following year and while Cowen appeared for a very short time on Sunday he was obviously 'just passing thru'. He is not evident in fandom thereafter.

A profile piece in The British Space Fiction Magazine v2#2 from 1955 says, 'Dennis is five feet ten inches tall, fair hair and grey eyes. His hobbies: Entomology and general fanning'. Originally from Yorkshire, he worked first in the theatre and later as a bus driver.

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1930—

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