Arthur Charles Clarke

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Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead Somerset on Dec 16 1917. He grew up in Bishops Lydeard on the family farm named "Ballifants". He attended Huish grammar school in Taunton where he began his writing career making contributions to the school magazine. In the summer of 1934 he applied for membership in the British Interplanetary Society. In 1936 he moved to London to work for H.M. Exchequer and Audit Department where he remained until joining the Royal Air Force in March 1941. For most of the war he worked on Ground Controlled Approach systems which was a closely guarded cover name for early radar devices. In this capacity he worked under Professor Luis Alvarez Radiation Laboratory team in south west England.

Books

Arthur C. Clarke - A Life Remembered by Fred Clarke, with contributions from David Baker, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, Arthur C. Clarke, Keir Dullea, Robert Godwin, Nalaka Gunarwadene, David A. Hardy, Mat Irvine, Michael Lennick,Kelvin Long, Paul McAuley, Michael Moorcock, Sir Patrick Moore, Frederick Ordway III, Robert J. Sawyer, Helen Sharman, Mark Stewart, and William F. Temple.

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