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]