Talk:John Bayliss

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Death date and sources[edit]

The ISFDB entry for John C. Bayliss lists his death date as 1978, and lists work not listed in the WP article.oldpoetry.com gives dates of 1919-1978 and seems to match the wikipedia entry except for the death date. This article from The independent appears to confirm that there was a "John Bayliss" born around 1919 who was a poet, but it says that he was "an objector" while our article says he served in the RAF during WWII. SF Authors gives his name as "John Clifford Bayliss", confirms the 1919 birth date, says he is the son of Alfred Edward MacDuff Bayliss, and co-editor (with his father) of Science in Fiction, which all matches the ISFDB record, but does not give a death date. Wikipedia showed a date of death of 1978 until 14:39, 4 September 2008, when it was changed by an anon editor who stated in the edit summery "I am a bookseller, and bought his library from him in May 2008. I had a conversation today with his daughter who told me of his death" Webster's quotations gives the 1978 date, citing wikipedia.

Better sources are needed here. 173.72.50.75 (talk) 03:14, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]