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Clifford Geary
Clifford Geary
Born	February 26, 1916; Somerville, Massachusetts, US
Died	May 31, 2008 (aged 92); Milford, Massachusetts, US
Nationality	American
Known for	Illustration

Clifford N. Geary (February 26, 1916 – May 31, 2008)^[1] was an American illustrator of science fiction,^[2] especially Robert A. Heinlein's "juvenile series" published by Scribner's from 1948 to 1956, and of popular science.

Many of his Heinlein illustrations are done in a reversed-ground white-on-black style. Alexei Panshin's "Heinlein in Dimension" (a controversial work that Heinlein is said to have disavowed) acknowledges Geary's contribution to this important element of the Heinlein oeuvre, calling his work "quite unusual and quite striking."

Geary was raised in the Boston area and was educated at the Massachusetts School of Art. In later life he lived in Brooklyn and the Adirondacks. His book illustrations were sometimes credited to "Clifford Geary".

Books illustrated edit

By Geary edit

Ticonderoga: A Picture Story, by Clifford N. Geary, David McKay Company, New York, 50 p.

Heinlein edit

Space Cadet, 1948
Red Planet, 1949
Farmer in the Sky, 1950
Between Planets, 1951
The Rolling Stones, 1952
Starman Jones, 1953
The Star Beast, 1954
Time for the Stars, 1956
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (collected stories), 1959 (not in the juvenile series)

Margaret O. Hyde edit

Atoms Today & Tomorrow by Margaret O. Hyde, revised edition, McGraw Hill, 1959
Exploring Earth and Space by Margaret O. Hyde, McGraw-Hill, 159 p., various years 1957-1967
Where Speed is King by Margaret and Edwin Hyde, McGraw-Hill, 1955, 1961

Other edit

Signal Hill by Edward A. Herron
Clara Barton, Red Cross Pioneer by Alberta Powell Graham, New York: Abingdon Press, 1956
Science the Super Sleuth by Lynn Poole, McGraw Hill, 1954
Your Trip into Space by Lynn Poole, McGraw-Hill
The Hideout Club by Frank Reilly, Rinehart, 147 p., 1948
The Magic Bat by Clem Philbrook, Macmillan, 1954
The Real Book About Space Travel by Hal Goodwin, Garden City Books, 1952

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Clifford N. Geary". Obituaries; Chesmore Funeral Home (Chesmorefuneralhome.com). Retrieved 2018-09-06.
^ "Geary, Clifford". Paid Notice: Deaths. The New York Times July 14, 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-06.

External links edit

Clifford Geary at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Clifford N. Geary at Library of Congress, with 7 library catalog records

[obit-1] "Clifford N. Geary". Obituaries; Chesmore Funeral Home (Chesmorefuneralhome.com). Retrieved 2018-09-06.

[NYT-2] "Geary, Clifford". Paid Notice: Deaths. The New York Times July 14, 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-06.

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Clifford Geary
Born	(1916-02-26)February 26, 1916 Somerville, Massachusetts, US^[1]
Died	May 31, 2008(2008-05-31) (aged 92) Milford, Massachusetts, US^[1]
Nationality	American
Known for	Illustration