Jack Williamson

John Stewart Williamson, who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term genetic engineering. Early in his career he sometimes used the pseudonyms Will Stewart and Nils O. Sonderlund.

29 April 1908

Born on the same birth day (29 April): Bernie Madoff • Bill Slater (footballer) • Bob McClure • Brenda Dean • Christian Tetzlaff • Christina Shakovets • Constantine P. Cavafy • Fred Zinnemann • Georges Ernest Boulanger • Hugh Hopper • Javier Colon • Jo O'Meara • Jung Hye-sung • Katherine Langford • Kimberly Birrell • Mallory Swanson • Peter Sculthorpe • Robert Cushman Murphy • Rod McKuen

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