Who was born first, Arthur C. Clarke or John Fowles?
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Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
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John Fowles John Robert Fowles ( ; 31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist of international stature, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work reflects the influence of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others.
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Kenton Clarke Kenton J. Clarke (born November 7, 1951) is an American entrepreneur and musician. He graduated from Norwalk State Technical College in 1972 and the University of New Haven in 1979. He is the founder of Computer Consulting Associates International and Omnikal.
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Glide Path Glide Path is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1963. Clarke's only non-science fiction novel, it is set during World War II, and tells a fictionalized version of the development of the radar-based ground-controlled approach (called "ground-controlled descent" in the novel) aircraft landing system, and includes a character modeled on Luis Alvarez, who developed this system. It is based on Clarke's own wartime service with the Royal Air Force, during which he worked on the GCA project.
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John Bellows John Thomas Bellows (18 January 1831 – 5 May 1902) was a polymath, printer and lexicographer, originally from Cornwall in southwest England. He wrote prolifically.
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John Clarke (Upper Canada) John Clarke (1780s – July 12, 1862) was a merchant, farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented 1st Lincoln in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1820 to 1828 and from 1830 to 1834 as a Conservative. His name also appears as John Clark.
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Sir Rupert Clarke, 2nd Baronet Sir Rupert Turner Havelock Clark, 2nd Baronet (1865–1926), 2nd Baronet of Rupertswood, pastoralist and entrepreneur, member of parliament and company director. He was the son of Sir William John Clarke. Sir William was made a baronet by Queen Victoria for the huge sums he had given to various causes.
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Michael Clarke (Barbados cricketer) Michael Ian Coleridge Clarke (21 September 1913 – 10 November 1982) was a Barbadian cricketer. Clarke was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Strathclyde in Saint Michael, Barbados.
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Arthur Floyer-Acland Lieutenant General Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland CB, DSO, MC, DL (7 September 1885 – 18 February 1980) was a senior officer of the British Army who served in both World War I and World War II. He was Military Secretary from 1940 to 1942. In later life, he was High Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Dorset.
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J. Arthur Hill John Arthur Hill (December 4, 1872 - March 22, 1951), best known as J. Arthur Hill was a British psychical researcher and writer.
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Sir Humphrey Clarke, 5th Baronet Sir Humphrey Orme Clarke, 5th Baronet (6 July 1906, in London, United Kingdom – 22 January 1973, in Bibury, Gloucestershire), was the son of Sir Orme Bigland Clarke, 4th Baronet and Elfrida Roosevelt. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was Captain of the Oppidans at Eton College.
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Frank Clarke (pilot) Frank Clarke (29 December 1898 - 12 June 1948) was a Hollywood stunt pilot, actor, and military officer. His most prominent role was as Leutnant von Bruen (and double for von Richthofen in combat scenes) in the 1930 production "Hell's Angels", but he flew for the camera and performed stunts in more than a dozen films in the 1930s and '40s. He was killed in an airplane crash near Isabella, California, in 1948.
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Arthur Clarke (sport shooter) Arthur Eric Clarke (December 3, 1921- July 4, 2014) was a British Fullbore Rifle shooter. He represented Scotland in the Commonwealth Games in 1982, 1986 and 1990, winning Gold in the Fullbore Rifle Queens Prize in the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
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John Frow John Frow (born 13 November 1948 in Coonabarabran, Australia) is an Australian academic who works in the areas of literary theory, narrative theory, intellectual property law, and cultural studies. He is currently Professor of English at the University of Sydney.
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Inheritance (short story) "Inheritance" is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, which was first published in 1947 in "New Worlds", no. 3, as by 'Charles Willis'.
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Dave Clarke (DJ) David Maurice "Dave" Clarke (born 19 September 1968) is an English electronic music DJ, producer and radio presenter. BBC radio presenter John Peel named Clarke "The Baron of Techno".
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When the Twerms Came "When the Twerms Came" is a short story by British author Arthur C. Clarke published in the May 1972 edition of "Playboy" magazine. It deals with an invasion of Earth one wet Tuesday afternoon by deadly Twerms and was published in book form in "The View from Serendip" and "More Than One Universe" collections, but was not included in the "The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke".
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George Clarke (judge) George Clarke (27 January 1798 – 29 July 1875) was a New Zealand missionary, teacher, public servant, politician and judge. He was born in Wymondham, Norfolk, England on 27 January 1798. He joined the Church Missionary Society (CMS). Clarke married Martha Elizabeth Blomfield (born 11 December 1802 in Wymondham). the second daughter of Ezekiel Blomfield, a Congregational minister.
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Malcolm Clarke Malcolm Clarke (17 January 1943 – 11 December 2003) was a British composer and experimental electronic musician. He was a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, which was based in Maida Vale, London, for 25 years from 1969 to 1994.
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Lefty Clarke Alan "Lefty" Thomas Clarke (March 8, 1896 – March 11, 1975)
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Harold G. Clarke Harold Gravely Clarke (September 28, 1927 – February 26, 2013) was an American jurist and politician.
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Arthur Butterworth Arthur Eckersley Butterworth, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (4 August 1923 – 20 November 2014) was an English composer, conductor, trumpeter and teacher.