Grahame-White, Claude
Entry updated 25 November 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1879-1959) UK aviator, aircraft manufacturer and author of two sf juveniles with Harry Harper: The Air-King's Treasure (1913) and The Invisible War-Plane: A Tale of Air Adventure in the Great Campaign (1915). In the latter an Airship is concealed by paint which (it is claimed) neither absorbs nor reflects light. The Aeroplane: Past, Present, and Future (anth 1911) with Harry Harper is an early, highly factual presentation of the subject, with several photographs of Grahame-White as a pilot; further similar texts followed, including Flying: an Epitome and a Forecast (1930), which is heavily illustrated. [JC/PN]
Claude Grahame-White
born Burlesdon, Hampshire: 31 August 1879
died Nice, France: 19 August 1959
works
- The Air-King's Treasure: A Story of Adventure with Airship and Aeroplane (London: Cassell, 1913) with Harry Harper [hb/]
- The Invisible War-Plane: A Tale of Air Adventure in the Great Campaign (Glasgow, Scotland: Blackie and Son, 1915) with Harry Harper [hb/]
nonfiction (selected)
- The Aeroplane: Past, Present, and Future (London: T Werner Laurie, 1911) with Harry Harper [nonfiction: anth: hb/]
- Flying: an Epitome and a Forecast (London: Chatto and Windus, 1930) [nonfiction: illus/hb/]
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