Novelist Arthur C. Clarke

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Arthur C. Clarke

Living place: England

Birthday: 16-12-1917

Global rank: #40119

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Who is Novelist Arthur C. Clarke?
British author whose short story "The Sentinel", inspired by fame, Stanley Kubrick directed the science fiction film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. His other works include The City and the Stars, Rendezvous with Rama, and The Fountains of Paradise.
He moved to Sri Lanka due to his interest in scuba diving.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He grew up on a farm, and as a young boy loved astronomy and reading science fiction paper magazines. In 1948, he graduated from Imperial College London with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Family life info

He married a twenty-two-year-old American divorcee, on a trip to Florida in 1953; The couple divorced a year later.

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He influenced the work of Robert A. Heinlein.

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When was Novelist Arthur C. Clarke born?
Arthur C. Clarke was born in 16-12-1917, death year is , at the age of 107.
Where is Novelist Arthur C. Clarke's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Arthur C. Clarke was born in England. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Arthur C. Clarke's global rank is 40119 and whose rank is 249 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1917 and 16-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Arthur C. Clarke

  • First U.S. combat troops arrive in France as U.S. declares war on Germany (April 6). Background: World War I
  • Third Battle of Ypres is fought. Background: World War I
  • World-wide influenza pandemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S. alone, 500,000 perish. Background: Major U.S. Epidemics
  • Dutch dancer Mata Hari is convicted and executed as a German spy.
  • Government offices are seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace is stormed in Russian October Revolution.

Birthday Arthur C. Clarke (16-12) in history

  • Day 16-12 year 1653: Politician Oliver Cromwell became the protective lord of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
  • Day 16-12 year 1773: The birth of the Boston Tea Party.
  • Day 16-12 year 1916: Grigori Rasputin assassinated by a group of noble Russian conspirators.
  • Day 16-12 year 1920: One of the deadliest earthquakes in history hit the Gansu province in China. The 8.6 quake killed 200,000 people.
  • Day 16-12 year 1944: The Battle of the Bulge during World War II began in Belgium.
  • Day 16-12 year 1990: Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected president of Haiti in the country's first democratic elections.
  • Day 16-12 year 2000: Colin Powell was selected to become the first African-American secretary of state.
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