Edwin Baird

Edwin Baird
BornJune 28, 1886
DiedSeptember 27, 1954(1954-09-27) (aged 68)
OccupationMagazine editor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
GenresHorror, pulp fiction
SpouseMildred Ward[1]

Edwin Baird (/bɛərd/; June 28, 1886 in Chattanooga, Tennessee[1]– September 27, 1954)[2] was the first editor of Weird Tales, the pioneering pulp magazine that specialized in horror fiction, as well as Detective Tales, later re-titled Real Detective Tales.

Baird's novel The Heart of Virginia Keep appeared in The Argosy in 1915.
  1. ^ a b BAIRD, Edwin, in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 204; via archive.org
  2. ^ Vincent Starrett, "Books Alive" (column), Chicago Tribune, February 13, 1955. Starrett added several brief details about Baird's life, but gave no further information about his death.