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Just as with [[Most Senior SF Writer]], we can ask who is the most senior [[fan]] at various times. This could be eldest in age or eldest in years in [[fandom]]. | Just as with [[Most Senior SF Writer]], we can ask who is the most senior [[fan]] at various times. This could be eldest in age or eldest in years in [[fandom]]. | ||
| − | Note that we're using fan in the proper [[fannish]] sense of being involved in fandom, and not in the [[mundane]] sense of liking [[sf]] -- there is no hope of knowing who ''liked'' sf at any given time. As a practical matter, we're also limited to | + | Note that we're using fan in the proper [[fannish]] sense of being involved in fandom, and not in the [[mundane]] sense of liking [[sf]] -- there is no hope of knowing who ''liked'' sf at any given time. As a practical matter, we're also limited to well known fans as others have left little or no trace of their activities. |
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Revision as of 06:03, 27 February 2020
Just as with Most Senior SF Writer, we can ask who is the most senior fan at various times. This could be eldest in age or eldest in years in fandom.
Note that we're using fan in the proper fannish sense of being involved in fandom, and not in the mundane sense of liking sf -- there is no hope of knowing who liked sf at any given time. As a practical matter, we're also limited to well known fans as others have left little or no trace of their activities.
| Birth Date | Found Fandom | Died or Gafiated | Years in Fandom | Fan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 17, 1874 | July 30, 1970 | Walter Murdoch | ||
| 1884 or 1885 | 1970 | Pat Terry | ||
| Aug 20, 1890 | late 20s early 30s | March 15, 1937 | ~10? | H. P. Lovecraft |
| Nov 12, 1899 | <1930 | g. 1930 | a few? | Warren Fitzgerald |
| January 6, 1905 | mid-30s | February 29, 1978 | <45 | Eric Frank Russell |
| Apr 8, 1907 | 1949 | g. 1961, d. 2005 | 12 | Gertrude M. Carr |
| 1908 | May 1928 | February 11, 1979 | 51 | Ron Graham |
| 1908 | <January 1930 | d. 1971 | <40 | Allen Glasser |
| 1911 | <1930 | g. ~1943, ung. 1961, d. January 2, 1963 | >35 | Julius Unger |
| June 19, 1915 | <January 1930 | February 8, 2004 | >74 | Julius Schwartz |
| Jun 20, 1910 | <1930 | October 29, 2003 | >73 | Lloyd Arthur Eshbach |
| February 19, 1912 | <October 1930 | July 17, 1979 | >49 | Walter Gillings |
| November 12, 1912 | 1930-32 | g. ~1942, ung. 1990s, d. August 28, 1997 | ~15 | Conrad H. Ruppert |
| ?? | mid-30s | June 28, 1978 | ~45 | J. Michael Rosenblum |
| 1913 | <1935 | 1994 | ~60 | Will Sykora |
| Nov 23, 1914 | 1931 | October 6, 2006 | 75 | Bob Tucker |
| Oct 1, 1914 | Spring 1934 | November 2, 1990 | 56 | Don Wollheim |
| January 22, 1916 | 1929 | September 25, 1984 | ~ 50 | Dan McPhail |
| Apr 5, 1917 | 1935 | September 23, 1994 | ~59 | Robert Bloch |
| May 1916 | late 30s | g. ~1950; d. Oct 22, 2016 | 15 | Norman F. Stanley |
| Nov 24, 1916 | ~1933 | December 4, 2008 | ~75 | Forrest J Ackerman |
| Sept 16, 1917 | <1940 | April 17, 2015 | >75 | Art Widner |
| March 22, 1918 | <1936 | January 25, 2000 | >64 | Oliver Saari |
| Feb 17, 1919 | 1936? | December 23, 2015 | >79 | Jack Robins |
| Nov 26, 1919 | <1937 | September 2, 2013 | >76 | Fred Pohl |
| Feb 14, 1919 | 1933 or '34 | September 18, 2016 | >82 | Dave Kyle |
| 1920 | 1935 | June 28, 2008 | ~73 | Jack Speer |
| 1920 | 1935 or 36 | still active | >80 | Bob Madle |
| Jun 14, 1921 | 1938-39 | g. 1950s?; d July 29, 2017 | ~20 | William L. Hamling |
| Oct 29, 1923 | < 1939 | still active | >76 | Erle Korshak |
| ?? | 30s | May 2019 | ?? | Stan Nuttall |
| 1926 | 1941? | g. 1960? | Chan Davis |
N.b., to keep this list from growing without limit, please do not list people who entered fandom after 1950 or who were born after 1935. The idea is to celebrate especially long fannish careers.
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