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L. Sprague de Camp

1907 - 2000

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Lyon Sprague de Camp (; November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, both novels and works of non-fiction, including biographies of other fantasy authors. He was a major figure in science fiction in the 1930s and 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. L. Sprague de Camp is the 2,982nd most popular writer (down from 2,567th in 2019), the 4,303rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,249th in 2019) and the 342nd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 2,982 out of 7,302. Before him are Marija Jurić Zagorka, Abraham Goldfaden, Robert de Nola, Dracontius, Tom Sharpe, and Willibald Pirckheimer. After him are Félix Fénéon, Dominique Lapierre, Crates, Stefanie Zweig, John Cleland, and Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 166. Before him are Martti Miettunen, Anton Schall, Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Günter Eich, Guido Masetti, and Alfred Delp. After him are Janusz Kusociński, Annabella, Rosalind Russell, Raymond Braine, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, and Roman Rudenko. Among people deceased in 2000, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 126. Before him are Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Kalle Svensson, Yevgeny Khrunov, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, W. D. Hamilton, and Alexandros Nikolopoulos. After him are Hidetoki Takahashi, Svetozar Vukmanović, Claire Trevor, Spyros Markezinis, Adelaida Avagyan, and Hendrik C. van de Hulst.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 4,303 out of 20,380. Before him are Dan O'Bannon (1946), Lee Morgan (1938), Hal Ashby (1929), Bob Iger (1951), Jerry Brudos (1939), and Bud Cort (1948). After him are Andrew Yang (1975), Noah Beery (1882), Charles Wilkes (1798), Arlene Dahl (1925), Russell Means (1939), and Betty Everett (1939).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, L. Sprague de Camp ranks 342. Before him are Richard Wright (1908), Joe Hill (1972), K. A. Applegate (1956), Willa Cather (1873), Mickey Spillane (1918), and Edgar Lee Masters (1868). After him are Bruce Sterling (1954), R. A. Salvatore (1959), Anne McCaffrey (1926), Henrietta Szold (1860), Stephenie Meyer (1973), and Jim Carroll (1949).

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