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Roger Sherman Hoar

January 01, 1970

Roger Sherman Hoar (April 8, 1887 – October 10, 1963) was an American state senator and assistant Attorney General, for the state of Massachusetts.[1] He wrote and published science fiction under the pseudonym of Ralph Milne Farley.

Roger Sherman Hoar
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate from the 5th Middlesex District
In office
1911
Personal details
BornApril 8, 1887
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedOctober 10, 1963 (1963-10-11) (aged 76)
Political partyDemocratic Party
Relations
ParentSherman Hoar (father)
EducationPhillips Exeter Academy
Harvard University (1909)
Harvard Law School (1911)
OccupationPolitician, author
Writing career
Pen nameRalph Milne Farley
SubjectScience fiction
Notable works

Family edit

Hoar was the son of Sherman Hoar, grandson of former US Attorney General Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, great-grandson of Samuel Hoar, and great-great grandson of American founding father Roger Sherman, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.[2]

Education and career edit

Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Hoar attended Phillips Exeter Academy. He then received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1909 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1911.[3][4] During World War I, he served in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps.[5] Hoar was a former Massachusetts assistant attorney general. He was a member of the Marquette University faculty in the graduate school of engineering, and also "taught scientific subjects at Harvard, the Coast Artillery School, [and] the Ordnance School of Application".[6] He also served as attorney of Bucyrus Erie Company of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[7]

Politician edit

Hoar served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1911 and was involved with the Democratic Party[8][9] and campaigned for women's suffrage.[10] Hoar was also an organizer and major force behind the enactment of the Employee Unemployment Benefits Act, served on the Commission to Compile Information & Data, 1917, taught mathematics and engineering, patented a system for aiming large guns by the stars, and authored landmark works on constitutional and patent law.

Writer edit

 
The first installment of Hoar's novel The Radio Man took the cover of the June 1924 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly.
 
The Radio Beasts, Argosy All-Story Weekly, March 1925
 
Cover of 1950 Avon comic adaptation of The Radio Man, art by Gene Fawcette

Under the pseudonym Ralph Milne Farley, Hoar wrote a considerable amount of pulp-magazine science fiction during the period between the world wars, appearing in such publications as Argosy All-Story Weekly and Amazing Stories, as well as occasional essays for The American Mercury, Scientific American, and science fiction fanzines. His works include The Radio Man and its numerous sequels, chiefly interplanetary and inner-world adventure yarns in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, with whom he was friends; Hoar also wrote a number of archetypal time-travel-paradox tales, collected in book form as The Omnibus of Time,[11] and "The House of Ecstasy", which has been frequently reprinted since its initial appearance in Weird Tales (April 1938).[12]

According to one of his editors, from 1932 on the "Farley" byline was actually used exclusively for collaboration between Hoar and his daughter Caroline, who had been writing under the pen name of Jacqueline Farley and by 1933 was an engineering student at Radcliffe.[13]

Upon relocating to the Midwest, where he worked as a corporate attorney for the firm of Bucyrus-Erie, Hoar joined the Milwaukee Fictioneers, whose members included Stanley G. Weinbaum, Robert Bloch, and Raymond A. Palmer. When Chicago-based Ziff-Davis Publishing Company bought the ailing Amazing Stories in 1938, Hoar was offered, but declined, the magazine's editorship and recommended Palmer, who held the position through the 1940s.

Books edit

As Roger Sherman Hoar edit

  • The Tariff Manual. Privately printed, 1912.
  • Constitutional Conventions: Their Nature, Powers, and Limitations. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1917.
  • Patents: What a Business Executive Should Know About Patents. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1926. Revised edition: Patent Tactics and Law. 1935, 1950.
  • Conditional Sales: Law and Local Practices for Executive and Lawyer. New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1929. Revised edition: 1937.
  • Unemployment Insurance in Wisconsin. South Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Stuart Press, 1932. Revised edition: Wisconsin Unemployment Insurance, 1934.

As Ralph Milne Farley edit

  • Smothered Seas (story, with Stanley G. Weinbaum). Published in Astounding Stories, January 1936.
  • Dangerous Love (stories). London: Utopian Publications, 1946.
  • The Immortals (novel). Published in The Argosy in 1934, later reprinted in Canada by Popular Publications Inc., 1947.
  • The Radio Man (novel), 1924. Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1948. Paperback edition retitled An Earthman on Venus (Avon Books). [1st of "Radio Man" series]
  • The Hidden Universe (two novellas). Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1950.
  • The Omnibus of Time (stories). Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1950.
  • Strange Worlds (contains The Radio Man and The Hidden Universe). Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1953.
  • The Radio Beasts (novel), 1925. New York: Ace Books, 1964. [2nd of "Radio Man" series]
  • The Radio Planet (novel), 1926. New York: Ace Books, 1964. [3rd of "Radio Man" series]
  • The Radio Flyers (novel), 1929. Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2006.
  • The Radio Gun-Runners (novel), 1930. [sequel to "The Radio Flyers"]
  • Tong War (novel, written in collaboration with E. Hoffman Price). Chertsey, England: Blue Mushroom, 2002.
  • Pe-Ra, Daughter of the Sun (novella). Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2005.
  • The Radio Minds of Mars (novel), 1955. Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2005. [4th of "Radio Man" series]
  • The Ralph Milne Farley Collection Book 1 (stories). Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2005.
  • The Ralph Milne Farley Collection Book 2 (stories). Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2005.
  • The Golden City (novel), 1933. Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2006.
  • The Radio War (novel), 1932. Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2006.
  • The Radio Menace (novel), 1930. Rialto, California: Pulpville Press, 2008. [5th of "Radio Man" series]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Data base
  2. ^ "The Hoar Family" in Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography.
  3. ^ A. M. Bridgman. A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. Stoughton, Mass.: A. M. Bridgman, 1919, p. 96.
  4. ^ Harvard University Directory. Harvard University: 1914, p. 386.
  5. ^ Thomas Townsend Sherman. Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk England. New York: T. A. Wright: 1920, p. 387.
  6. ^ "Meet the Authors", Amazing Stories, August 1938, p.145
  7. ^ Roger Sherman Hoar. "Subversive Activities Against Government-Two Conflict Theories". Marquette Law Review, vol. 27, no. 2 (February 1943), p. 72.
  8. ^ Who's who in state politics, Practical Politics, Boston Massachusetts: 1911, Biographical Sketch of Roger Sherman Hoar, p. 42
  9. ^ Henry D. Coolidge and James W. Kimball. A Manual for the Use of the Massachusetts General Court 1911. Boston: Wright and Potter, 1911, p. 431.
  10. ^ "The Busiest Man of His Age in the World". The New York Times, November 20, 1910.
  11. ^ "Farley, Ralph Milne" in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction online edition.
  12. ^ "The House of Ecstasy" in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
  13. ^ Palmer, Raymond A. "Ralph Milne Farley author biography". Science Fiction Digest, July 1933. "Ralph Milne Farley is TWO people! Here's the dope; Ralph Milne Farley, up to January 1, 1932, was Roger Sherman Hoar, A.B., M.A. LL. B. After that he began writing in collaboration with his daughter, Caroline Prescott Hoar, who had been writing under the pen name of ‘Jacqueline Farley.' Their combined efforts have been published under the name Ralph Milne Farley exclusively since the combine was effected. Miss Hoar is a student at Radcliffe, majoring in mechanical and electrical engineering. She is responsible for the improvement in Farley's “The Golden City” over previous works...."

External links edit

  • CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS:Their Nature, Powers, and Limitations
  • Hoar Family Papers, 1774-1940 at Concord Free Public Library
  • Ralph Milne Farley at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  • Works by Roger Sherman Hoar at Project Gutenberg
  • Works by Roger Sherman Hoar (as Ralph Milne Farley) at Faded Page (Canada)
  • Works by Roger Sherman Hoar at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)  
  • Radio Free Venus
  • Radio Pellucidar
  • Sherman-Hoar family at Political Graveyard

January 01, 1970
roger, sherman, hoar, april, 1887, october, 1963, american, state, senator, assistant, attorney, general, state, massachusetts, wrote, published, science, fiction, under, pseudonym, ralph, milne, farley, member, massachusetts, state, senate, from, middlesex, d. Roger Sherman Hoar April 8 1887 October 10 1963 was an American state senator and assistant Attorney General for the state of Massachusetts 1 He wrote and published science fiction under the pseudonym of Ralph Milne Farley Roger Sherman HoarMember of the Massachusetts State Senate from the 5th Middlesex DistrictIn office 1911Personal detailsBornApril 8 1887Waltham Massachusetts U S DiedOctober 10 1963 1963 10 11 aged 76 Political partyDemocratic PartyRelationsEbenezer R Hoar grandfather Samuel Hoar great grandfather Roger Sherman great great grandfather ParentSherman Hoar father EducationPhillips Exeter Academy Harvard University 1909 Harvard Law School 1911 OccupationPolitician authorWriting careerPen nameRalph Milne FarleySubjectScience fictionNotable worksThe Radio ManThe Hidden UniverseThe Omnibus of TimeStrange Worlds Contents 1 Family 2 Education and career 3 Politician 4 Writer 5 Books 5 1 As Roger Sherman Hoar 5 2 As Ralph Milne Farley 6 Notes 7 External linksFamily editHoar was the son of Sherman Hoar grandson of former US Attorney General Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar great grandson of Samuel Hoar and great great grandson of American founding father Roger Sherman a signer of the Declaration of Independence 2 Education and career editBorn in Waltham Massachusetts Hoar attended Phillips Exeter Academy He then received his bachelor s degree from Harvard University in 1909 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1911 3 4 During World War I he served in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps 5 Hoar was a former Massachusetts assistant attorney general He was a member of the Marquette University faculty in the graduate school of engineering and also taught scientific subjects at Harvard the Coast Artillery School and the Ordnance School of Application 6 He also served as attorney of Bucyrus Erie Company of South Milwaukee Wisconsin 7 Politician editHoar served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1911 and was involved with the Democratic Party 8 9 and campaigned for women s suffrage 10 Hoar was also an organizer and major force behind the enactment of the Employee Unemployment Benefits Act served on the Commission to Compile Information amp Data 1917 taught mathematics and engineering patented a system for aiming large guns by the stars and authored landmark works on constitutional and patent law Writer edit nbsp The first installment of Hoar s novel The Radio Man took the cover of the June 1924 issue of Argosy All Story Weekly nbsp The Radio Beasts Argosy All Story Weekly March 1925 nbsp Cover of 1950 Avon comic adaptation of The Radio Man art by Gene Fawcette Under the pseudonym Ralph Milne Farley Hoar wrote a considerable amount of pulp magazine science fiction during the period between the world wars appearing in such publications as Argosy All Story Weekly and Amazing Stories as well as occasional essays for The American Mercury Scientific American and science fiction fanzines His works include The Radio Man and its numerous sequels chiefly interplanetary and inner world adventure yarns in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs with whom he was friends Hoar also wrote a number of archetypal time travel paradox tales collected in book form as The Omnibus of Time 11 and The House of Ecstasy which has been frequently reprinted since its initial appearance in Weird Tales April 1938 12 According to one of his editors from 1932 on the Farley byline was actually used exclusively for collaboration between Hoar and his daughter Caroline who had been writing under the pen name of Jacqueline Farley and by 1933 was an engineering student at Radcliffe 13 Upon relocating to the Midwest where he worked as a corporate attorney for the firm of Bucyrus Erie Hoar joined the Milwaukee Fictioneers whose members included Stanley G Weinbaum Robert Bloch and Raymond A Palmer When Chicago based Ziff Davis Publishing Company bought the ailing Amazing Stories in 1938 Hoar was offered but declined the magazine s editorship and recommended Palmer who held the position through the 1940s Books editAs Roger Sherman Hoar edit The Tariff Manual Privately printed 1912 Constitutional Conventions Their Nature Powers and Limitations Boston Little Brown and Company 1917 Patents What a Business Executive Should Know About Patents New York The Ronald Press Company 1926 Revised edition Patent Tactics and Law 1935 1950 Conditional Sales Law and Local Practices for Executive and Lawyer New York The Ronald Press Company 1929 Revised edition 1937 Unemployment Insurance in Wisconsin South Milwaukee Wisconsin Stuart Press 1932 Revised edition Wisconsin Unemployment Insurance 1934 As Ralph Milne Farley edit Smothered Seas story with Stanley G Weinbaum Published in Astounding Stories January 1936 Dangerous Love stories London Utopian Publications 1946 The Immortals novel Published in The Argosy in 1934 later reprinted in Canada by Popular Publications Inc 1947 The Radio Man novel 1924 Los Angeles Fantasy Publishing Co 1948 Paperback edition retitled An Earthman on Venus Avon Books 1st of Radio Man series The Hidden Universe two novellas Los Angeles Fantasy Publishing Co 1950 The Omnibus of Time stories Los Angeles Fantasy Publishing Co 1950 Strange Worlds contains The Radio Man and The Hidden Universe Los Angeles Fantasy Publishing Co 1953 The Radio Beasts novel 1925 New York Ace Books 1964 2nd of Radio Man series The Radio Planet novel 1926 New York Ace Books 1964 3rd of Radio Man series The Radio Flyers novel 1929 Rialto California Pulpville Press 2006 The Radio Gun Runners novel 1930 sequel to The Radio Flyers Tong War novel written in collaboration with E Hoffman Price Chertsey England Blue Mushroom 2002 Pe Ra Daughter of the Sun novella Rialto California Pulpville Press 2005 The Radio Minds of Mars novel 1955 Rialto California Pulpville Press 2005 4th of Radio Man series The Ralph Milne Farley Collection Book 1 stories Rialto California Pulpville Press 2005 The Ralph Milne Farley Collection Book 2 stories Rialto California Pulpville Press 2005 The Golden City novel 1933 Rialto California Pulpville Press 2006 The Radio War novel 1932 Rialto California Pulpville Press 2006 The Radio Menace novel 1930 Rialto California Pulpville Press 2008 5th of Radio Man series Notes edit Data base The Hoar Family in Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography A M Bridgman A Souvenir of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention Stoughton Mass A M Bridgman 1919 p 96 Harvard University Directory Harvard University 1914 p 386 Thomas Townsend Sherman Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex Suffolk and Norfolk England New York T A Wright 1920 p 387 Meet the Authors Amazing Stories August 1938 p 145 Roger Sherman Hoar Subversive Activities Against Government Two Conflict Theories Marquette Law Review vol 27 no 2 February 1943 p 72 Who s who in state politics Practical Politics Boston Massachusetts 1911 Biographical Sketch of Roger Sherman Hoar p 42 Henry D Coolidge and James W Kimball A Manual for the Use of the Massachusetts General Court 1911 Boston Wright and Potter 1911 p 431 The Busiest Man of His Age in the World The New York Times November 20 1910 Farley Ralph Milne in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction online edition The House of Ecstasy in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Palmer Raymond A Ralph Milne Farley author biography Science Fiction Digest July 1933 Ralph Milne Farley is TWO people Here s the dope Ralph Milne Farley up to January 1 1932 was Roger Sherman Hoar A B M A LL B After that he began writing in collaboration with his daughter Caroline Prescott Hoar who had been writing under the pen name of Jacqueline Farley Their combined efforts have been published under the name Ralph Milne Farley exclusively since the combine was effected Miss Hoar is a student at Radcliffe majoring in mechanical and electrical engineering She is responsible for the improvement in Farley s The Golden City over previous works External links editCONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS Their Nature Powers and Limitations Hoar Family Papers 1774 1940 at Concord Free Public Library Ralph Milne Farley at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Works by Roger Sherman Hoar at Project Gutenberg Works by Roger Sherman Hoar as Ralph Milne Farley at Faded Page Canada Works by Roger Sherman Hoar at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp The Radio Beast Review Radio Free Venus Radio Pellucidar Sherman Hoar family at Political Graveyard Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roger Sherman Hoar amp oldid 1213801398, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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