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Hal Clement

1922 - 2003

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Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under the name George Richard. In 1998, Clement was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He was named the 17th SFWA Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hal Clement is the 4,284th most popular writer (down from 3,753rd in 2019), the 6,351st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,813th in 2019) and the 483rd most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hal Clement ranks 4,284 out of 7,302Before him are Juhan Liiv, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Ioan Slavici, Besiki, Arthur Ransome, and Frans Michael Franzén. After him are Julius Zeyer, Anna Haava, Qurratulain Hyder, Graham Swift, Cecil Day-Lewis, and Philippe Hériat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Hal Clement ranks 268Before him are Agustina Bessa-Luís, Võ Văn Kiệt, Juan Antonio Villacañas, Jock Stein, William Gaddis, and Károly Németh. After him are China Zorrilla, Leonel Brizola, Ruby Dee, Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Charles Gérard, and Lizabeth Scott. Among people deceased in 2003, Hal Clement ranks 213Before him are Mutsuhiro Watanabe, Althea Gibson, Olle Anderberg, Vladimír Vašíček, Tomáš Pospíchal, and Lewis A. Coser. After him are Roy Jenkins, Joel Antônio Martins, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Tranquilo Cappozzo, Horace W. Babcock, and Garrett Hardin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hal Clement ranks 6,352 out of 20,380Before him are Scott LaFaro (1936), Thomas Lennon (1970), Black Kettle (1803), Henry Lee III (1756), Phyllis Schlafly (1924), and Danny Davis (1941). After him are Tom Ewell (1909), Lukas Haas (1976), John Adair (1757), Louise Brough (1923), David Curtiss Munson (1884), and Mary Browne (1891).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Hal Clement ranks 483Before him are Glen A. Larson (1937), Marilynne Robinson (1943), Anne Tyler (1941), Pauline Kael (1919), William Gaddis (1922), and Margaret Weis (1948). After him are Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), Art Buchwald (1925), E. B. White (1899), Julia Quinn (1970), Camille Paglia (1947), and James Blish (1921).