L. Sprague de Camp

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aerospace engineer fantasy writer historian of science human non-fiction writer science fiction writer

L. Sprague de Camp was an influential American science fiction and fantasy author known for his witty, scientifically grounded stories and major contributions during the genre’s Golden Age.

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L. Sprague de Camp canonical 3
Lyon Sprague de Camp 1

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instanceOf aerospace engineer ⓘ
fantasy writer ⓘ
historian of science ⓘ
human ⓘ
non-fiction writer ⓘ
science fiction writer ⓘ
academicDegree B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering ⓘ
awardReceived Hugo Award for Best Related Work ⓘ
surface form: Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book

SFWA Grand Master Award ⓘ
World Fantasy Award ⓘ
surface form: World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement
collaboratedWith Fletcher Pratt ⓘ
Lin Carter ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1907-11-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2000-11-06 ⓘ
educatedAt California Institute of Technology ⓘ
Stevens Institute of Technology ⓘ
familyName de Camp ⓘ
fullName L. Sprague de Camp self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lyon Sprague de Camp
genre alternate history ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
popular science ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
sword and sorcery ⓘ
givenName Lyons ⓘ
surface form: Lyon
influenced Poul Anderson ⓘ
Terry Pratchett ⓘ
influencedBy H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
Robert E. Howard ⓘ
knownFor humorous speculative fiction ⓘ
scientifically grounded fantasy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Golden Age of Science Fiction ⓘ
notableSeries Harold Shea series ⓘ
notableWork Biography of Robert E. Howard "Dark Valley Destiny" ⓘ
Conan pastiche and edited stories ⓘ
Lest Darkness Fall ⓘ
Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy ⓘ
Lost Continents ⓘ
The Ancient Engineers ⓘ
The Glory That Was ⓘ
The Incomplete Enchanter ⓘ
The Tritonian Ring ⓘ
The Wheels of If ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
editor ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Plano, Texas ⓘ
religion skepticism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Catherine Crook de Camp ⓘ
stateOfBirth New York ⓘ
writingStyle witty and rationalist ⓘ

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Gnome Press → publishedAuthor → L. Sprague de Camp ⓘ
Thrilling Wonder Stories → notableContributor → L. Sprague de Camp ⓘ
L. Sprague de Camp → fullName → L. Sprague de Camp self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lyon Sprague de Camp