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E. E. Smith

1890 - 1965

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Edward Elmer Smith (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965) was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. E. E. Smith is the 3,242nd most popular writer (up from 4,523rd in 2019), the 4,674th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,079th in 2019) and the 369th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, E. E. Smith ranks 3,242 out of 7,302. Before him are Abolqasem Lahouti, Émile Faguet, Ernst Wiechert, Kim Hyon-hui, Pedro Salinas, and Joan Maragall. After him are Jien, Abu-l-'Atahiya, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Suzanne Curchod, Gaston Rébuffat, and Eric Ambler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, E. E. Smith ranks 138. Before him are Alexander Granach, Jean Rhys, Walter Hasenclever, Olga Desmond, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, and Ahmad Kasravi. After him are Oswald de Andrade, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Jan de Vries, Mauno Pekkala, Karl Freund, and Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper. Among people deceased in 1965, E. E. Smith ranks 101. Before him are Ellen Church, Linda Darnell, Árpád Szakasits, Fred Quimby, Jānis Balodis, and Nikolay Lossky. After him are Laureano Gómez, Maria Dąbrowska, Vittorio Jano, Georges Vantongerloo, Clemente Micara, and Hamo Beknazarian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, E. E. Smith ranks 4,674 out of 20,380. Before him are Herb Ritts (1952), Michael McKean (1947), Faith Hill (1967), Syd Mead (1933), Paul Mazursky (1930), and William Calley (1943). After him are Cathy Berberian (1925), Michael Jai White (1967), Ric Ocasek (1949), Theresa Russell (1957), Tom Bosley (1927), and Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, E. E. Smith ranks 369. Before him are Edward Gorey (1925), Andre Norton (1912), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Robert Anderson (1917), Henry Darger (1892), and Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897). After him are Amy Lowell (1874), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Donna Tartt (1963), John Zerzan (1943), Booker T. Washington (1856), and Edmund White (1940).

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