Question: Read the bio below and try to give details on arthur c. clarke 's: - birth date - influenced - period - caption - subject - death date - spouse - genre - name - death place - birth place - notableworks - citizenship - nationality - alma mater - occupation - influences - pseudonym - image Bio: sri lankabhimanya sir arthur charles clarke , cbe , fras -lrb- 16 december 1917 -- 19 march 2008 -rrb- was a british science fiction writer , science writer and futurist , inventor , undersea explorer , and television series host . he is perhaps most famous for being co-writer of the screenplay for the movie '' '' , widely considered to be one of the most influential films of all time . his other science fiction writings earned him a number of hugo and nebula awards , along with a large readership , making him into one of the towering figures of the field . for many years he , robert heinlein , and isaac asimov were known as the '' big three '' of science fiction . clarke was a lifelong proponent of space travel . in 1934 , while still a teenager , he joined the british interplanetary society . in 1945 , he proposed a satellite communication system -- an idea that , in 1963 , won him the franklin institute 's stuart ballantine medal and other honours . later he was the chairman of the british interplanetary society from 1946 -- 47 and again in 1951 -- 53 . clarke was a science writer , who was both an avid populariser of space travel and a futurist of uncanny ability , and wrote over a dozen books and many essays -lrb- which appeared in various popular magazines -rrb- on these subjects . in 1961 he was awarded a kalinga prize , an award which is given by unesco for popularizing science . these along with his science fiction writings , eventually earned him the moniker '' prophet of the space age '' . clarke emigrated to sri lanka in 1956 , largely to pursue his interest in scuba diving . that year he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient koneswaram temple in trincomalee . clarke augmented his fame later on in the 1980s , by being the host of several television shows such as '' arthur c. clarke 's mysterious world '' . he lived in sri lanka until his death . he was knighted in 1998 and was awarded sri lanka 's highest civil honour , sri lankabhimanya , in 2005 .
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- birth date is 16 december 1917- influenced is iain banks , stephen baxter- period is 1946 -- 2008 -lrb- professional fiction writer -rrb-- caption is clarke & nbsp ; lanka , 28 march 2005 in his home office , colombo , sri- subject is science- death date is 19 march 2008- spouse is marilyn mayfield -lrb- 1953 -- 1964 -rrb-- genre is hard science fiction popular science- name is sri lankabhimanya sir arthur c. clarke- death place is colombo , sri lanka- birth place is minehead , somerset , england , uk- notableworks is '' a space odyssey '' '' rendezvous with rama '' '' profiles the fountains of paradise '' of the future '' '' 2001 :- citizenship is united kingdom- nationality is british- alma mater is king 's college , london- occupation is writer , inventor- influences is h. , olaf stapledon g. wells , jules verne , lord dunsany- pseudonym is charles willis e. g. o'brien- image is clarke sm.jpg