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Protheroe, Cyril

(1899-1964) UK aeronautical engineer and engineer's instructor who was the son of the prolific children's author Ernest Protheroe (1865-1929) and reportedly published more than one short sf novel. The only confirmed example is Beyond These Suns (1952), for Curtis Warren under that publisher's House Name Rand Le Page. In this routine Space Flight tale, a crew of astronauts visits and explores the Moon. Scientific Errors include the equipping of space helmets with shutters which can be opened when the crewmen want to talk to one another. [DRL]

Cyril Protheroe

born Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [now West Midlands]: 28 February 1899

died Tooting, London: 7 June 1964

works

• Beyond These Suns (London: Curtis Warren, 1952) as by Rand Le Page [pb/Gordon C Davies]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 01:58 am on 12 April 2026.
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