Victor Appleton

Victor Appleton [pseudonym] for Howard R. Garis (1873-1962), American author best known for his Uncle Wiggly series featuring the gentleman rabbit with floppy ears in top coat and hat. He also penned the majority of the Tom Swift stories under his pseudonym "Victor Appleton".

Howard Roger Garis was born on 25 April 1873 in Binghamton, New York. His parents were Simeon Harris Garis, an employee with the railroad, and Ellen A. Kimball. Due to his father's occupation, the family lived in various parts of New York State, until young Howard obtained a job with the Erie Lackawanna Railroad at the age of sixteen in Newark, New Jersey.