Olaf Stapledon

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essayist human novelist philosopher science fiction writer

Olaf Stapledon was a British philosopher and science fiction writer whose visionary cosmic-scale ideas, especially in works like "Star Maker," profoundly influenced later speculative concepts in astronomy and technology.

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
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novelist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
science fiction writer ⓘ
birthPlace Cheshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
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Wallasey ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathPlace Caldy ⓘ
Cheshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
England NERFINISHED ⓘ
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educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Liverpool ⓘ
familyName Stapledon NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork cosmology in fiction ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
future studies in fiction ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
genre philosophical fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ
givenName Olaf ⓘ
William ⓘ
influenced Arthur C. Clarke ⓘ
Brian W. Aldiss NERFINISHED ⓘ
C. S. Lewis ⓘ
J. B. S. Haldane ⓘ
Stanisław Lem ⓘ
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languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryService Friends' Ambulance Unit ⓘ
movement British science fiction ⓘ
speculative philosophy ⓘ
name Olaf Stapledon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Olaf Stapledon
notableIdea cosmic-scale speculative history of intelligence ⓘ
future evolution of humanity ⓘ
galactic civilizations in fiction ⓘ
notableWork Darkness and the Light ⓘ
Last and First Men ⓘ
Odd John ⓘ
Philosophy and Living ⓘ
Sirius ⓘ
Star Maker ⓘ
occupation ethicist ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
spouse Agnes Zena Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ

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