Arthur C. Clarke (Space Race Didn't End)

Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Born	(1917-12-16)16 December 1917 Minehead, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Died	19 March 2008(2008-03-19) (aged 90) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pen name	Charles Willis, E.G. O'Brien
Occupation	Author, inventor
Nationality	British
Citizenship	United Kingdom, Sri Lanka
Alma mater	King's College London
Genres	Hard science fiction Popular science
Subjects	Science
Notable work(s)	Profiles of the Future 2001: A Space Odyssey Rendezvous with Rama The Fountains of Paradise
Spouse(s)	Marilyn Mayfield (1953–1964)
Influences*H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Lord Dunsany, Olaf Stapledon
Influenced*Stephen Baxter

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS, (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) which is seen as a visionary film the prodected much of todays world, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Clarke were known as the "Big Three" of science fiction.