Sir arthur c clarke biography
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Arthur C. Clarke: A Biography
adapted from the biography found on the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation website
Arthur C. Clarke’s legacy bridges the worlds of the arts and the sciences. His work ranged from scientific discovery to science fiction, from technical application to entertainment. As an engineer, as a futurist, and as a humanist, Clarke has influenced numerous artists, scientists, and engineers working today, and through his broad body of work, and through the organizations keeping his legacy alive like the Clarke Foundation and this Institute, he continues to inspire future generations around the world.
Biographical Sketch
Arthur Charles Clarke was born to an English farming family in the seaside town of Minehead, in the county of Somerset in southwestern England, on December 16, 1917. As a child, he enjoyed stargazing and reading American science fiction magazines, which sparked his lifelong enthusiasm for space sciences. After moving to London in 1936, Clarke was able to
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Archive Biographies: Arthur C. Clarke
The IEE:
Clarke worked at the IEE from 1949 to 1950 and contributed the heading ‘Astronautics’ to the index system. In his spare time, Clarke started writing and his first book commission was for "Interplanetary Flight", a non-fiction work on space travel published in 1950. The book was well received and is credited as being the first written in English to set out the basic technical theory of spaceflight. The success of Interplanetary Flight led to Clarke embarking on a full-time writing career.
Clarke was the author of more than 100 books. He was also the co-author with Stanley Kubrick of Kubrick's film version of Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey", but he was regarded as far more than a science fiction writer. He was credited with the concept of communications satellites in 1945, decades before they became a reality. Geosynchronous orbits, which keep satellites in a fixed position relative to the ground, are called Clarke orbits.
Clarke won
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Entry updated 13 February 2023. Tagged: Author, Fan.
(1917-2008) UK author, resident in Sri Lanka from 1956 until his death. Born in Minehead, Somerset, after leaving school Clarke came to London in 1936 to work as a civil-servant auditor with HM Exchequer. He was active in fan circles before World War Two, through which he served (1941-1946) as a radar instructor with the RAF, rising to the rank of flight-lieutenant. After the War he entered King's College, London, in 1948 taking his BSc in physics and mathematics.
Clarke's strong interest in the frontiers of science was evident early. He was chairman of the British Interplanetary Society 1946-1947, and again 1950-1953. He began publishing professional work of genre interest "Loophole" for Astounding in April 1946, though he had previously sold to John W Campbell Jr the far more famous "Rescue Party", which also appeared in Astounding in May 1946; his first professional sale was in fact an article, "Man's Empire of Tomorrow" (