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The following was retrieved from the SF-Lovers Forum of BITNet where
it was posted by Todd Ogasawara. It is taken from a bio/biblio sent to him
by Clarke.
Arthur C. Clarke, B.Sc., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.A., F.B.I.S. was born at
Minehead, Somerset in 1917 and educated at Huish's Grammar School, Taunton.
He joined H.M. Exchequer & Audit Department in 1936, then served in the
RAF. While running the prototype GCA (Ground Controlled Approach) radar, he
developed the basic theory of Communication Satellites, and published it in
1945.
After demobilisation, he took First Class Honours in Physics and
Mathematics at King's College, London, which later elected him Fellow. From
1948 to 1950 he was Assistant Editor of Physics Abstracts at the
Institution of Electrical Engineers. He was Chairman of the British
Interplanetary Society 1946/7, 1950/3.
Since 1954 his interest in underwater exploration has taken him to the
Great Barrier Reef of Australia and the Indian Ocean, and he is now a
director of the Colombo-based Underwater Safaris.
He has published more than seventy books and made many appearances on
Radio and TV, most notably with Walter Cronkite on CBS during the Apollo
missions. His 13-part "Mysterious World" and "Strange Powers" TV programmes
have been seen worldwide.
He is a Council Member of the Society of Authors, a Vice-President of
the H. G. Wells Society and a member of many other Scientific and Literary
Organisations. His honours include several Doctorates in science and
literature, a Franklin Institute Gold medal, The Marconi Fellowship, the
Charles A Lindbergh Award, the UNESCO-Kalinga Prize, and an Oscar
Nomination for the Screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey. In 1987 he was
invited to New Delhi to deliver the Nehru Memorial Lecture, under the
chairmanship of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He has also been Vikram
Sarabhai Professor at the Physical Research Laboratories, Ahmedabad.
His recreations include observing the Equatorial skies with a 14"
telescope, table-tennis, diving, and playing with his Rhodesian Ridgeback
and his six computers.
He has lived in Sri Lanka for the past 30 years, and in 1979.
President Jayewardene appointed him Chancellor of the University of
Moratuwa, near Colombo, which is also the location of the government-
established Arthur Clarke Centre for Modern Technologies, specialising in
communications and computers.
BOOKS BY ARTHUR C. CLARKE (as of 05 Sep 88)
Non-Fiction
Ascent to Orbit
ASTOUNDING Days
The Challenge of the Sea
The Challenge of the Spaceship
The Coast of Coral
The Exploration of the Moon
The Exploration of Space
Going Into Space
Interplanetary Flight
The Making of a Moon
Interplanetary Flight
Profiles of the Future
The Promise of Space
The Reefs of Taprobane
Report on Planet Three
The View from Serendip
Voice Across the Sea
Voices From the Sky
The Young Traveller in Space
1984: Spring
With Mike Wilson
Boy Beneath the Sea
The First Five Fathoms
Indian Ocean Adventure
Indian Ocean Treasure
The Treasure of the Great Reef
With the Editors of LIFE
Man and Space
With the Astronauts
First on the Moon
With Robert Silverberg
Into Space
With Chesley Bonestell
Beyond Jupiter
With Simon Welfare & John Fairley
Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World
Arthur C Clarke's World of Strange Powers
Arthur C Clarke's Chronicles of the Strange & Mysterious
With Peter Hyams
The Odyssey File
With the Editors of OMNI
Arthur C Clarke's July 20, 2019
Arthur Clarke has also edited:-
The Coming of the Space Age
Fiction (* indicates anthologies)