Philip Francis Nowlan

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name = Philip Francis Nowlan


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birthdate = 1888
birthplace = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
deathdate = February 1, Death year and age|1940|1888
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occupation = Novelist
nationality = American
period = 1928 - 1940
genre = Science fiction
subject = Buck Rogers
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notableworks = Armageddon 2419 A.D.
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Philip Francis Nowlan (b. 1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, d. February 1 1940 in Philadelphia) was an American science fiction author.

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania he worked as a newspaper columnist. He married, moved to the Philadelphia suburb of Bala Cynwyd and created and wrote the Buck Rogers comic strip, illustrated by Dick Calkins. The character Buck Rogers first appeared in Nowlan's 1928 novella "Armageddon 2419 A.D." as Anthony Rogers. The comic strip ran for over forty years and spun off a radio series, a 1939 movie serial, and two television series.Nowlan also wrote several other novellas for the science fiction magazines as well as the posthumously published mystery, "The Girl from Nowhere". Philip Francis Nowlan was married to Theresa Junker. They had ten children including Philip, Mary, Helen, Louise, Theresa, Mike, Larry, Pat, John, and Joe.

Works

* "Armageddon 2419 A.D." (1928)
* "The Girl from Nowhere" (1928, ISBN 0-8095-0038-8 (Neuauflage von 2005)
* "The Airlords of Han" (1929)
** [http://www.munseys.com/book/19504/AIRLORDS_of_HAN,_The Munseys.com » The AIRLORDS of HAN ] at www.munseys.com
** gutenberg|no=25438|name=The Airlords of Han by Philip Francis Nowlan on Project Gutenberg
* "The Time Jumpers"
* "The Onslaught from Venus"
* "The Prince of Mars Returns"
* "Space Guards"
* "Wings Over Tomorrow: The Collected Science Fiction of Philip Francis Nowlan" (ISBN 0-8095-1095-2) (http://www.leeweinstein.net )