Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was a British science-fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name. Clarke is the last surviving member of what was sometimes known as the "Big Three" of science fiction, which included Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.
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Date of birth:
- Dec 16, 1917
Date of death:
- Mar 19, 2008 (age 90 years)
Place of birth:
Also known as:
- Arthur Charles Clarke,
- Charles Willis,
- E. G. O'Brien,
- Sir Arthur Charles Clarke,
- Arthur Clark
