H. A. Hargreaves

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Henry A. Hargreaves, Ph.D. (1928-2017) was a prolific Canadian science fiction writer. Originally from Bronx, N.Y., Hargreaves was a pioneer of Canadian short fiction as well as having an academic career that culminated with him retiring as a professor emeritus of English Literature at the University of Alberta.[1]

His short fiction was collected in one of Canadian science fiction's earliest anthologies: North By 2000, published in 1975 and was re-issued as North by 2000+[2] in 2012 with additional material,[3] with such short stories as "Fore" - Eight - Sixteen,[4] In His Moccasins,[5][6] Infinite Variation,[7] and 2020 Vision.[8]

Hargreaves released an introspective memoir Growing Up Bronx: A Memoir of my Shapers and Shakers[9] in 2012.

In 2015, Hargreaves was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Hall of Fame,[10] whilst living in retirement in Claresholm, Alberta, with his wife.[11]

Hargreaves died on July 27, 2017. He was survived by his wife Margaret and his two daughters.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Section 41 - Faculty of Arts - University of Alberta". www.registrar.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  2. ^ Amazon.ca. ASIN 0986642371.
  3. ^ "Summary Bibliography: H. A. Hargreaves".
  4. ^ ""Fore" - Eight - Sixteen". On Spec. 1 (1). Spring 1989.
  5. ^ "In His Moccasins". Calgary Magazine. August 1979.
  6. ^ "In His Moccasins". Edmonton Magazine. August 1979.
  7. ^ Ed. Columbo, John Robert (1979). Other Canadas.
  8. ^ "2020 Vision". Alberta Magazine. July 1979.
  9. ^ Growing Up Bronx: A Memoir of my Shapers and Shakers. ASIN 1927400007.
  10. ^ "CSFFA 2015 Hall of Fame".
  11. ^ Hargreaves, H.A. (2012). North by 2000+. Neustadt, ON: Five Rivers Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-9866423-7-1.
  12. ^ Runté, Robert (5 August 2017). "H. A. Hargreaves, PhD (1928-2017)". Essential Edits SFeditor.ca. Retrieved 29 March 2019.