- Author: Richard Appleby Author Record # 1926
- Legal Name: Appleby, Richard Paul
- Birthplace: Clacton-on-sea, Essex, England, UK
- Language: English
- Note: If this illustrator was born in 1980 (as we had), he would have been 5 when he did draw the cover for 'Comet Halley' by Fred Hoyle. The year of 1999 (as we had) for his death is also unclear.