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Whitmarsh, H Phelps

(1863-1935) Canadian-born journalist and author, in Australia and USA before moving to the Philippines in 1899; he is of sf interest for The Golden Talisman (1899), a Lost Race tale set within a frame of mountains deep within Asia, where the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Kaffiria suffer from a lack of sweet-smelling flora. [JC]

Hubert Phelps Whitmarsh

born Madoc, Ontario: 10 August 1863

died Manila, Philippines: 6 April 1935

works

• The Golden Talisman (Boston, Massachusetts: W A Wilde Company, 1899) [in the publisher's Sterling Library series: hb/]

links

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 01:18 am on 13 January 2025.
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