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Sir '''Arthur Charles Clarke''' ([[Minehead]], [[Somerset]], 6 December 1917 – [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]], 19 March 2008) was a [[British people|British]] [[author]] and [[inventor]]. He was most famous for his [[science fiction]] [[novel]] ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', and for working with [[movie director|director]] [[Stanley Kubrick]] on the movie of the same name. Clarke and [[Isaac Asimov]] were probably the two best-known science fiction writers of their day.
Sir '''Arthur Charles Clarke''' ([[Minehead]], [[Somerset]], 6 December 1917 – [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]], 19 March 2008) was a [[British people|British]] [[author]] and [[inventor]]. He was most famous for his [[science fiction]] [[novel]] ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', and for working with [[movie director|director]] [[Stanley Kubrick]] on the movie of the same name. Clarke and [[Isaac Asimov]] were probably the two best-known science fiction writers of their day.
Some of Clarke's novels include ''[[Childhood's End]]'', ''[[A Fall of Moondust]]'', ''[[The Songs of Distant Earth]]'', ''[[The Sands of Mars]]'', and ''[[Meeting with Medusa]]''. He also wrote many [[short story|short stories]], and several serious works on science.<ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1950. ''Interplanetary flight: an introduction to astronautics''. London: Temple Press.</ref><ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1951. ''The exploration of space''. London: Temple Press, 1951. Updated/revised 1959 and 1979 (with a new introduction).</ref><ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1962. ''Profiles of the future''. London: Gollancz, and Pan Books.</ref>
Some of Clarke's novels include ''[[Childhood's End]]'', ''[[A Fall of Moondust]]'', ''[[The Songs of Distant Earth]]'', ''[[The Sands of Mars]]'', and ''[[Meeting with Medusa]]''. He also wrote many [[short story|short stories]], and several serious works on science.<ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1950. ''Interplanetary flight: an introduction to astronautics''. London: Temple Press.</ref><ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1951. ''The exploration of space''. London: Temple Press, 1951. Updated/revised 1959 and 1979 (with a new introduction).</ref><ref>Clarke, Arthur C. 1962. ''Profiles of the future''. London: Gollancz, and Pan Books.</ref>
Clarke served in the [[Royal Air Force]] as a [[radar]] instructor and technician from 1941–1946. He proposed a [[satellite (artificial)|satellite]] communication system in 1945 which won him the [[Franklin Institute]] Gold Medal in 1963.<ref>[http://lakdiva.org/clarke/1945ww The 1945 Proposal by Arthur C. Clarke for Geostationary Satellite Communications]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.clarkefoundation.org/archives/1996.php |title=The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation |access-date=2011-09-23 |archive-date=2011-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725175706/http://www.clarkefoundation.org/archives/1996.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Clarke served in the [[Royal Air Force]] as a [[radar]] instructor and technician from 1941 to 1946. He proposed a [[satellite (artificial)|satellite]] communication system in 1945 which won him the [[Franklin Institute]] Gold Medal in 1963.<ref>[http://lakdiva.org/clarke/1945ww The 1945 Proposal by Arthur C. Clarke for Geostationary Satellite Communications]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.clarkefoundation.org/archives/1996.php |title=The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation |access-date=2011-09-23 |archive-date=2011-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725175706/http://www.clarkefoundation.org/archives/1996.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He was the [[chairman]] of the [[British Interplanetary Society]] from 1947–1950 and again in 1953.<ref>[http://www.asi.org/adb/06/09/03/02/092/clarke-nobel-prize.html Moon Miners' Manifesto: Arthur C Clarke nominated for Nobel]</ref><ref>Benford G. 2008. Obituary: Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008). ''Nature'' '''452''' (7187): 546–546. [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v452/n7187/full/452546a.html] PMID 18385726</ref>
He was the [[chairman]] of the [[British Interplanetary Society]] from 1947 to 1950 and again in 1953.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asi.org/adb/06/09/03/02/092/clarke-nobel-prize.html |title=Moon Miners' Manifesto: Arthur C Clarke nominated for Nobel |access-date=2011-09-23 |archive-date=2008-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010183429/http://www.asi.org/adb/06/09/03/02/092/clarke-nobel-prize.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Benford G. 2008. Obituary: Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008). ''Nature'' '''452''' (7187): 546–546. [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v452/n7187/full/452546a.html] PMID 18385726</ref>
Clarke emigrated to [[Sri Lanka]] in 1956 largely to pursue his interest in [[scuba diving]];<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.natureseychelles.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=326&Itemid=106 | title = Remembering Arthur C. Clarke | accessdate = 2008-03-27}}</ref> That year, he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient [[Koneswaram temple]] in [[Trincomalee]]. He lived in Sri Lanka until his death. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in 1998,<ref name=BBCsfknight>{{cite news | title = The new knight of science fiction | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/43739.stm | work = BBC News | publisher = BBC | date = 1 January 1998 | accessdate = 26 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=BBCknighted>{{cite news | title = Arthur C Clarke knighted | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/765385.stm | work = BBC News | publisher = BBC | date = 26 May 2000 | accessdate = 26 August 2009}}</ref> and was awarded Sri Lanka's highest civil honour, [[Sri Lankabhimanya]], in 2005.<ref name=SriLankabhimanya>[http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200511/National_Honours_Gazette_Notification.pdf Government Notification—National Honours] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724105414/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200511/National_Honours_Gazette_Notification.pdf |date=2010-07-24 }}, November 2005. Retrieved on 20 October 2008</ref>
Clarke emigrated to [[Sri Lanka]] in 1956 largely to pursue his interest in [[scuba diving]];<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.natureseychelles.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=326&Itemid=106 | title = Remembering Arthur C. Clarke | accessdate = 2008-03-27 | archive-date = 2008-06-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080620051133/http://www.natureseychelles.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=326&Itemid=106 | url-status = dead }}</ref> That year, he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient [[Koneswaram temple]] in [[Trincomalee]]. He lived in Sri Lanka until his death. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in 1998,<ref name=BBCsfknight>{{cite news | title = The new knight of science fiction | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/43739.stm | work = BBC News | publisher = BBC | date = 1 January 1998 | accessdate = 26 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=BBCknighted>{{cite news | title = Arthur C Clarke knighted | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/765385.stm | work = BBC News | publisher = BBC | date = 26 May 2000 | accessdate = 26 August 2009}}</ref> and was awarded Sri Lanka's highest civil honour, [[Sri Lankabhimanya]], in 2005.<ref name=SriLankabhimanya>[http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200511/National_Honours_Gazette_Notification.pdf Government Notification—National Honours] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724105414/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200511/National_Honours_Gazette_Notification.pdf |date=2010-07-24 }}, November 2005. Retrieved on 20 October 2008</ref>
Clarke died from [[heart failure|heart]] and [[respiratory failure]] at the age of 90.
Clarke died from [[heart failure|heart]] and [[respiratory failure]] at the age of 90.
==Related pages==
== Arthur C. Clarke Media ==
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File:Prins Claus en Arthur C Clarke (1982).jpg|Clarke receives the [[Marconi Prize|Marconi International Fellowship Award]] from [[Prince Claus of the Netherlands]] in 1982
File:Clarke sm.jpg|Clarke at his home in Sri Lanka, 2005
File:Two complete science adventure books 1951spr n2.jpg|Clarke's novella "The Road to the Sea" was originally published in ''[[Two Complete Science-Adventure Books]]'' in 1951 as "Seeker of the Sphinx".
File:If 195305.jpg|Clarke's novelette "[[Jupiter Five]]" was cover-featured on the May 1953 issue of ''[[If (magazine)|If]]''.
File:Arthur C, Clarke Amazing 5306.jpg|Clarke as depicted in ''Amazing Stories'' in 1953
File:If 195806.jpg|Clarke's novelette "[[The Songs of Distant Earth]]", the cover story for the June 1958 issue of ''If'', was expanded to novel length almost three decades later.
File:ABC Clarke predicts internet and PC.ogv|1974 [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] interview with Clarke in which he describes a future of ubiquitous computing reminiscent of the modern Internet
File:Geostat.gif|[[Geostationary orbit|Geostationary or Clarke orbit]]
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== Related pages ==
* [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]]
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