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Bob Shaw

1931 - 1996

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Robert Shaw (31 December 1931 – 11 February 1996) was a science fiction writer and fan from Northern Ireland, noted for his originality and wit. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 1979 and 1980. His short story "Light of Other Days" was a Hugo Award nominee in 1967, as was his novel The Ragged Astronauts in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Shaw is the 5,170th most popular writer (up from 5,219th in 2019), the 4,113th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,924th in 2019) and the 441st most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bob Shaw ranks 5,170 out of 7,302. Before him are Paula Hawkins, Nancy Kress, Joël Dicker, György Faludy, Rick Warren, and Kjell Westö. After him are Louis L'Amour, Mats Wahl, Wilhelm Geiger, Albert Londres, Valerian Pidmohylny, and Barbara Ehrenreich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Bob Shaw ranks 433. Before him are Índio, Anton Moravčík, Szeto Wah, Larry Lieber, Nicola Mancino, and William Deane. After him are Václav Hovorka, Ingrid van Bergen, D. J. Fontana, Michael Fisher, Pál Várhidi, and Charlie Logg. Among people deceased in 1996, Bob Shaw ranks 256. Before him are Joonas Kokkonen, Anton Moravčík, Bohuslav Karlík, José dos Santos Lopes, Olle Åhlund, and Birgit Brüel. After him are Václav Hovorka, Bernard Edwards, Kazadi Mwamba, Joe Seneca, Bibi Besch, and Claude Mauriac.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bob Shaw ranks 4,114 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Barcroft (1872), Keith Campbell (1954), Jack Broughton (1703), Flood (1960), Gia Scala (1934), and Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900). After him are Annie Kenney (1879), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), John Lyons (1932), L. S. Lowry (1887), Paul Kossoff (1950), and Ajahn Brahm (1951).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Bob Shaw ranks 441. Before him are Alan Woods (1944), Stephen Spender (1909), Joan Aiken (1924), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), and Edward James (1907). After him are Edith Sitwell (1887), Brian Lumley (1937), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), Joyce Mansour (1928), Thomas Dekker (1572), and Jeanette Winterson (1959).

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