Francis Rufus Bellamy

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For the Baptest minister who wrote the original American "Pledge of Allegiance", see Francis Bellamy.


Francis Rufus Bellamy (24 December 1886—1972) was an American writer and editor.

He was born in New Rochelle, New York, USA. He was editor of Outlook from 1927 to 1932, and was executive editor of The New Yorker in 1933. He was editor of Fiction Parade from 1935 to 1938, and became editor of Scribner's Commentator in 1939. He became president of University Publishers Inc. in 1958.[1],[2],[3]

His publications include:

  • A Flash of Gold (1922)
  • Spanish Faith: A Romance of Old Mexico and the Caribbean (1926)
  • We Hold These Truths: An Anthology of the Faith and Courage of our Forefathers (1942)
  • Blood Money: The Story of US Treasury Secret Agents (1947)
  • The Private Life of George Washington (1951)
  • Atta (1953)
  • The Architect at Mid-Century Vol. II: Conversations Across the Nation (1954)

[edit] References

  1. ^ TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Scribner's Raised -- Oct. 30, 1939: by Celu Amberstone. Retrieved on 30 July 2006.
  2. ^ Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 1. Chicago: Advent: Publishers, Inc., 37. ISBN 0-911682-20-1. 
  3. ^ [1993] in Clute, John & Nicholls, Peter: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 104.