Henry A. Hargreaves, Ph.D. (1928-2017) was a prolific Canadian science fiction writer. Originally from Bronx, N.Y., Hargreaves was a pioneer of Canadian short fiction as well as having an academic career that culminated with him retiring as a professor emeritus of English Literature at the University of Alberta. [1]
His short fiction was collected in one of Canadian science fiction's earliest anthologies: North By 2000, published in 1975 and was re-issued as North by 2000+ [2] in 2012 with additional material, [3] with such short stories as "Fore" - Eight - Sixteen, [4] In His Moccasins, [5] [6] Infinite Variation, [7] and 2020 Vision. [8]
Hargreaves released an introspective memoir Growing Up Bronx: A Memoir of my Shapers and Shakers [9] in 2012.
In 2015, Hargreaves was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association Hall of Fame, [10] whilst living in retirement in Claresholm, Alberta, with his wife. [11]
Hargreaves died on July 27, 2017. He was survived by his wife Margaret and his two daughters. [12]