Arthur C. Clarke

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British person essayist futurist human inventor novelist science fiction writer screenwriter short story writer

Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer and futurist best known for works like "2001: A Space Odyssey" and for popularizing concepts such as geostationary communications satellites.

Aliases (1)

Arthur Charles Clarke ×1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person → essayist → futurist → human → inventor → novelist → science fiction writer → screenwriter → short story writer →
awardReceived	Hugo Award → Kalinga Prize → Knight Bachelor → Locus Award → Nebula Award → SFWA Grand Master Award →
causeOfDeath	heart failure → respiratory failure →
coAuthor	Gentry Lee → Michael Kube-McDowell → Paul Preuss → Stephen Baxter →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	Sri Lanka → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1917-12-16 →
dateOfDeath	2008-03-19 →
educatedAt	King's College London →
familyName	Clarke →
fieldOfWork	futurology → science fiction → space exploration →
fullName	Arthur Charles Clarke →
givenName	Arthur →
hasAphorism	Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. →
honorificTitle	Sir →
influenced	Isaac Asimov → Stephen Baxter → many later science fiction writers →
influencedBy	H. G. Wells → Olaf Stapledon →
knownFor	2001: A Space Odyssey → Clarke's three laws → popularizing the concept of geostationary communications satellites →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force →
movement	Golden Age of Science Fiction →
notableWork	2001: A Space Odyssey → A Fall of Moondust → Against the Fall of Night → Childhood's End → Earthlight → Imperial Earth → Profiles of the Future → Rendezvous with Rama → Tales from the White Hart → The City and the Stars → The Fountains of Paradise → The Nine Billion Names of God → The Other Side of the Sky → The Sentinel → The Songs of Distant Earth →
occupation	futurist → inventor → science fiction writer → screenwriter → television presenter → writer →
placeOfBirth	Minehead, Somerset, England →
placeOfDeath	Colombo, Sri Lanka →
positionHeld	chair of the British Interplanetary Society →
proposedConcept	geostationary communications satellite →
publication	"Extra-Terrestrial Relays" (1945 article on communications satellites) →
religion	agnosticism →
residence	Colombo, Sri Lanka →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Herbert George Wells → Isaac Asimov → Olaf Stapledon →	influenced
Hotel Chelsea →	famousResident
Arthur C. Clarke Award →	founder
Arthur C. Clarke ("Arthur Charles Clarke") →	fullName
The Viking Press →	hasAuthorPublished
Clarke →	hasNotableBearer
Guests of Honor →	hasNotableExample
Del Rey Books →	hasPublishedAuthor
Gregory Benford →	influencedBy
Golden Age of Science Fiction →	keyFigure
Arthur C. Clarke Award →	namedAfter
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame induction →	notableInductee
John Fritz Medal →	notableRecipient