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Theodore Sturgeon

1918 - 1985

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Theodore Sturgeon (; born Edward Hamilton Waldo, February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American author of primarily fantasy, science fiction, and horror, as well as a critic. He wrote approximately 400 reviews and more than 120 short stories, 11 novels, and several scripts for Star Trek: The Original Series. Sturgeon's science fiction novel More Than Human (1953) won the 1954 International Fantasy Award (for SF and fantasy) as the year's best novel, and the Science Fiction Writers of America ranked "Baby Is Three" number five among the "Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time" to 1964. Ranked by votes for all of their pre-1965 novellas, Sturgeon was second among authors, behind Robert Heinlein. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodore Sturgeon is the 2,444th most popular writer (down from 1,648th in 2019), the 3,506th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,050th in 2019) and the 278th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Theodore Sturgeon ranks 2,444 out of 7,302. Before him are Indro Montanelli, Sophron, Viveca Sten, Stefan Żeromski, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, and José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell. After him are José-Maria de Heredia, Wilhelm Worringer, Eric Knight, Fritz Leiber, Israel Zolli, and Lytton Strachey.

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Among people born in 1918, Theodore Sturgeon ranks 115. Before him are Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Adolfo Pedernera, Massimo Girotti, Jerome Robbins, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, and Edith Massey. After him are Helmut Lent, Alfréd Wetzler, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Bebo Valdés, George Lincoln Rockwell, and Alexander Shelepin. Among people deceased in 1985, Theodore Sturgeon ranks 86. Before him are Afet İnan, Lovro von Matačić, Denis de Rougemont, Evgeny Lifshitz, Helmuth Plessner, and Karl Menger. After him are Frank Oppenheimer, Anton Karas, Heinz Hoffmann, Edmond O'Brien, Vladimir Jankélévitch, and David Purley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theodore Sturgeon ranks 3,506 out of 20,380. Before him are Sixto Durán Ballén (1921), Harold E. Varmus (1939), David Doyle (1929), Madeleine Astor (1893), Chuck Schumer (1950), and William Wakefield Baum (1926). After him are Jared Kushner (1981), Fritz Leiber (1910), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Johnny Carson (1925), Cy Young (1928), and Billie Burke (1884).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Theodore Sturgeon ranks 278. Before him are Ben Shapiro (1984), Jacques Futrelle (1875), Annie Proulx (1935), Djuna Barnes (1892), Dorothy Parker (1893), and Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950). After him are Fritz Leiber (1910), James M. Cain (1892), Alex Haley (1921), Ron Kovic (1946), Forrest J Ackerman (1916), and Vonda N. McIntyre (1948).

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