Victor Appleton was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, most famous for being associated with the Tom Swift series of books. A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ... The Stratemeyer Syndicate was the producer of a number of series for children and adults including the Nancy Drew mysteries, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, Dave Fearless and others. ... Tom Swift is the protagonist in a series of childrens adventure novels from the early twentieth century. ...
The following series have been published under the Victor Appleton name:
Tom Swift, 1910-1941
Motion Picture Chums, 1913-1916
Moving Picture Boys, 1913-1922
Movie Boys, 1926-1927
Don Sturdy, 1925-1935
Tom Swift (Third Series), 1981-1984
Tom Swift (Fourth Series), 1991-1993
Ghostwriters of these books included Howard Garis, John W. Duffield, W. Bert Foster, and Thomas M. Mitchell Howard R. Garis, (25 April 1873-6 November 1962), a native of Binghamton, New York, was an American author, most famous for his childrens book series Uncle Wiggily and the Bobbsey Twins. ...
External Links
The Unofficial Tom Swift Home Page (http://tomswift.bobfinnan.com)
The Don Sturdy Page (http://tomswift.bobfinnan.com/ds0.htm)
The Movie Boys Page (http://tomswift.bobfinnan.com/mpc.htm)
Works by Victor Appleton (http://www.gutenberg.org/author/Victor_Appleton) at Project Gutenberg
Edward VictorAppleton was born in Bradford, England, on 6th September, 1892, the son of Peter and Mary Appleton.
Appleton was knighted in 1941, being created K.C.B., and he was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the War Cabinet which, in 1941, advised the Government that the manufacture of an atomic bomb was feasible.
Appleton's work has been recognized by India, Norway and Denmark, and in 1948 he was appointed by the Pope to the Pontificial Academy of Science.
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