Occupation Novelist Subject Buck Rogers Nationality American | Period 1928–1940 Name Philip Nowlan Genre Science fiction Role Author | |
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Died February 1, 1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Movies and TV shows Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Planet Outlaws Books Armageddon 2419 AD, The Airlords of Han, Wings Over Tomorrow, Armageddon 2419 DC, Buck Rogers in the 25th Similar People Gil Gerard, Glen A Larson, Felix Silla, Pamela Hensley, Tim O'Connor | ||
Notable works Armageddon 2419 A.D. | ||
Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan (Book Reading, British English Female Voice)
Philip Francis Nowlan (November 13, 1888 – February 1, 1940) was an American science fiction author, best known as the creator of Buck Rogers.
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Philip francis nowlan s buck rogers
Biography
Nowlan was born on November 13, 1888. While attending the University of Pennsylvania, Nowlan was a member of The Mask and Wig Club, holding significant roles in the annual productions between 1907 and 1909. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania he worked as a newspaper columnist. Nowlan was married to Theresa Junker. They had ten children: Philip, Mary, Helen, Louise, Theresa, Mike, Larry, Pat, John, and Joe.
He moved to the Philadelphia suburb of Bala Cynwyd and created and wrote the Buck Rogers comic strip, illustrated by Dick Calkins. He remained a writer on the strip until 1939. The character Buck Rogers first appeared in Nowlan's 1928 novella Armageddon 2419 A.D. as Anthony Rogers. The comic strip ran for over forty years and spun off a radio series, a 1939 movie serial, and two television series.
Nowlan also wrote several other novellas for the science fiction magazines as well as the posthumously published mystery, The Girl from Nowhere.