Ejler Jakobsson

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Ejler Jakobsson
Born(1911-12-06)December 6, 1911
Finland
DiedOctober 5, 1984(1984-10-05) (aged 72)

Ejler Jakobsson (December 6, 1911 – October 5, 1984) was an American science fiction editor.[1]

Born in Finland, Jakobsson moved to the United States in 1926 and began a career as an author in the 1930s. He married Edith Kane (1915–1997) in 1935.

Galaxy and If, succeeding Frederik Pohl. He worked to make the magazines more contemporary with the help of Judy-Lynn del Rey and Lester del Rey. He left the magazines in 1974 and was succeeded by Jim Baen.[1]

He died in Pleasantville, New York in 1984.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Authors : Jakobsson, Ejler : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  2. Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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