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Olaf Stapledon
Born May 10, 1886(1886-05-10)
Died September 6, 1950 (aged 64)
Occupation Novelist, Philosopher
Genres Science Fiction, Philosophy
Notable work(s) Star Maker
Influences
Influenced

William Olaf Stapledon (May 10, 1886 – September 6, 1950) was a British philosopher and author of several influential works of science fiction. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political John Burdon Sanderson Haldane FRS ( 5 November 1892 &ndash 1 December 1964) known as Jack (but who used 'J Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15 1844 August 25 1900 ( was a nineteenth-century German philosopher and classical philologist Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and Brian Wilson Aldiss, '''OBE''', (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk, England) is a prolific English Stanisław Lem ( sta'ɲiswaf lɛm 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006 was a Polish Science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer Doris May Lessing, CH, OBE (née Tayler; born 22 October 1919) is a British Writer, author of works such Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

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Life

He was born in Seacombe, Wallasey, on the Wirral peninsula near Liverpool, the only son of William Clibbert Stapledon and Emmeline Miller. Seacombe is a district of the town of Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. Wallasey is a large town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey Wirral or the Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Peninsula in the north west of England. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary The first six years of his life were spent with his parents at Port Said. Port Said ( Arabic بورسعيد transliterated Būr Saʻīd) is a northeastern Egyptian city near the Suez He was educated at Abbotsholme School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he acquired a BA in Modern History in 1909 and a Master's degree in 1913. Abbotsholme School is a private boarding and Day school founded in 1889 by Dr Cecil Reddie (1858–1932 at Rocester in Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. After a brief stint as a teacher at Manchester Grammar School, he worked in shipping offices in Liverpool and Port Said from 1910 to 1913. The Manchester Grammar School ( MGS) is an independent boys' school (ages 9-18 in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Port Said ( Arabic بورسعيد transliterated Būr Saʻīd) is a northeastern Egyptian city near the Suez

During World War I he served as a conscientious objector with the Friends' Ambulance Unit in France and Belgium from July 1915 to January 1919. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All A conscientious objector (CO is an individual who on religious moral or ethical grounds refuses to participate as a combatant in war or in some cases to take any role that would support The Friends' Ambulance Unit (FAU was a Volunteer ambulance service, founded by individual members of the British Religious Society of Friends This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those On 16 July 1919 he married Agnes Zena Miller (1894-1984), an Australian cousin whom he had first met in 1903, and who maintained a correspondence with him throughout the war from her home in Sydney. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 They had a daughter, Mary Sydney Stapledon (1920-), and a son, John David Stapledon (1923-). In 1920 they moved to West Kirby, and in 1925 Stapledon was awarded a PhD in philosophy from the University of Liverpool. West Kirby is a town located on the north west corner of the coast of the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, at the mouth of the River Dee Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language The University of Liverpool is a University in the city of Liverpool, England. He wrote A Modern Theory of Ethics, which was published in 1929. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. However he soon turned to fiction to present his ideas to a wider public. Last and First Men was very successful and prompted him to become a full-time writer. Last and First Men A Story of the Near and Far Future is a Science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. He wrote a sequel, and followed it up with many more books on subjects associated with what is now called Transhumanism. Transhumanism (sometimes symbolized by >H or H+) a term often used as a synonym for " Human enhancement " is an international intellectual

In 1940 the family built and moved into Simon's Field, in Caldy. Caldy is a Village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, located to the south east of West Kirby. After 1945 Stapledon travelled widely on lecture tours, visiting the Netherlands, Sweden and France, and in 1948 he spoke at the Congress of Intellectuals for Peace in Wroclaw, Poland. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland He attended the Conference for World Peace held in New York in 1949, the only Briton to be granted a visa to do so. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous In 1950 he became involved with the anti-apartheid movement; after a week of lectures in Paris, he cancelled a projected trip to Yugoslavia and returned to his home in Caldy, where he died very suddenly of a heart attack. Anti-Apartheid Movement, originally known as the Boycott Movement, was a British organization that was at the center of the international movement opposing South Africa's Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian Caldy is a Village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, located to the south east of West Kirby.

Olaf Stapledon was cremated at Landican Crematorium; his widow Agnes and their children Mary and John scattered his ashes on the sandy cliffs overlooking the Dee Estuary, a favourite spot of Olaf's, and a location that features in more than one of his books. Landican is a hamlet on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. The Dee Estuary (Aber Dyfrdwy is a large Estuary where the River Dee flows into Liverpool Bay.

Work

Stapledon's work directly influenced Arthur C. Clarke, Brian Aldiss, Stanislaw Lem, C. S. Lewis and John Maynard Smith and indirectly influenced countless others, contributing so many ideas to the world of science-fiction (most of them inspired by his readings in philosophy) that they are too numerous to list. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and Brian Wilson Aldiss, '''OBE''', (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk, England) is a prolific English Stanisław Lem ( sta'ɲiswaf lɛm 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006 was a Polish Science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 Maynard Smith redirects here -- for other uses see Maynard Smith (disambiguation Professor John Maynard Smith, F Although his work predated the appearance of the word "transhuman" in 1966, both the transhuman condition and the supermind (composed of many individual consciousnesses) form recurring themes in his work. Transhumanism (sometimes symbolized by >H or H+) a term often used as a synonym for " Human enhancement " is an international intellectual Star Maker also contained the first known description of Dyson spheres. A Dyson sphere (or shell as it appeared in the original paper is a hypothetical Megastructure originally described by Freeman Dyson. Freeman Dyson credits this novel with giving him the idea. Freeman John Dyson FRS (born December 15, 1923) is an English-born American theoretical Physicist and Mathematician, famous for his Last and First Men also featured early descriptions of genetic engineering and terraforming. Last and First Men A Story of the Near and Far Future is a Science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon. Genetic engineering, Recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation (GM and gene splicing are terms that apply to the direct The terraforming (literally "Earth-shaping" of a Planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its Sirius describes a dog whose intelligence is increased to the level of a human being's. Sirius is a 1944 Science fiction novel by the British author Olaf Stapledon.

His fiction often represents the strivings of some intelligence that is beaten down by an indifferent universe, and its inhabitants which, through no fault of their own, fail to comprehend these lofty yearnings. It is filled with protagonists who are tormented by the conflict between their "higher" and "lower" impulses. Last and First Men (a projected history of humanity) and Star Maker (a sketched history of the Universe) in particular were highly acclaimed by figures as diverse as J. B. Priestley, Virginia Woolf and Winston Churchill. John Boynton Priestley, OM ( 13 September, 1894 &ndash 14 August, 1984) was an English Writer and broadcaster (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 Their philosophy repelled C. S. Lewis, whose Cosmic Trilogy was written partly in response to a perceived amorality, although Lewis admired Stapledon's "invention, though not his philosophy" and described him as "a corking good writer". Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 The Space Trilogy, Cosmic Trilogy or Ransom Trilogy is a Trilogy of three Science fiction novels by In fact Stapledon was an agnostic who was hostile to religious institutions, but not to religious yearnings, a fact which set him at odds with H. G. Wells in their correspondence. Agnosticism ( Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political

None of his novels or short stories have been filmed, although George Pal bought the rights to Odd John. George Pal ( February 1, 1908 &ndash May 2, 1980) born György Pál Marczincsák, Odd John A Story Between Jest and Earnest is a 1935 Science fiction novel by the British author Olaf Stapledon. Castle of Frankenstein magazine reported in 1966 that actor David McCallum would play the title role. Castle of Frankenstein was a horror, Science fiction and Fantasy Film Magazine, distributed by Kable News and published in New Jersey David Keith McCallum Jr (born September 19, 1933) is a prolific Scottish actor and the son of concertmaster violinist David McCallum Sr [1]

Together with his philosophy lectureship at the University of Liverpool (which now houses the Olaf Stapledon archive), Stapledon lectured in English literature, industrial history and psychology. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from Industry in the sense of Professional Manufacturing has existed for millennia since the first Cities rose Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and He wrote many non-fiction books on political and ethical subjects, in which he advocated the growth of "spiritual values", which he defined as those values expressive of a yearning for greater awareness of the self in a larger context ("personality-in-community").

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  1. ^ Article: "The Man from M.O.N.S.T.E.R." Castle of Frankenstein, volume 2, #4 (1966). David McCallum Fans Online. Retrieved on 2008-01-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate

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NAME Stapledon, Olaf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stapledon, William Olaf
SHORT DESCRIPTION Novelist, Philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Poulton-cum-Seacombe, Wallasey
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1950
PLACE OF DEATH Caldy
Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Poulton is an area of the town of Wallasey, on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. Wallasey is a large town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, England, on the mouth of the River Mersey Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Caldy is a Village on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England, located to the south east of West Kirby.
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