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Education
Huish's Grammar School, Taunton, 1927-36.
King's College, London, 1946-48 (B.Sc., First Class, Physics &
Maths.)
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Occupation
Auditor, H.M. Exchequer & Audit Dept., 1936-41.
Royal Air Force, 1941-6. Instructor, No 9 Radio School (Yatesbury),
then Flt/Lt with MIT RadLab's GCA (Ground Controlled Approach)
radar, in charge of training programme
Originated: Communications Satellites in Wireless World, 1945;
and Lunar Mass-driver, in Journal of the British Interplanetary
Society, 1950
Assistant Editor, Physics Abstracts, Instn. of Elect. Engineers,
1949-50
Chairman, British Interplanetary Society 1947-50, 1953.
Diving on Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and Indian Ocean with
Mike Wilson, 1954-64
Writing 2OO1: A SPACE ODYSSEY with Stanley Kubrick, 1964-8
Lecturing in US, covering Apollo Missions for CBS TV, 1957-70
Playing role of Leonard Woolf in The Village in the Jungle, 1979
Vikram Sarabhai Professor, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad,
India, 1980
Writing and hosting TV series Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious
World (1980), Arthur C Clarke’s World of Strange Powers
(1984) and Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious Universe (1994).
Delivered Nehru Memorial Lecture, New Delhi, 1986
Delivered Alistair Cooke Lecture, 1992
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Affiliations
Hon. Member, The Club of Budapest
Laureate, Academy of Humanism
Hon. V/President, H.G. Wells Society
Hon. Chairman, Society of Satellite Professionals
President: British Science Fiction Association
Life Member: Assn. of British Science Writers
Hony. Life Member, International Computers & Communications
(IC&C)
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Patron
British Sub Aqua-Club
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
Sri Lanka Assn. for the Advancement of Science
Sri Lanka Astronomical Association
Sri Lanka Animal Welfare Association
Earthkind
Science Fiction Foundation
The Rehabilitation Hospital Society Ltd., Sri Lanka
Arthur C Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies, Sri Lanka
Vice-Patron: British Polio Fellowship
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Council
Member: Society of Authors, Earth Trust
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Board
Member
National Space Society (USA)
Space Generation Foundation (USA)
IAU (SETI) Commission 51
The Planetary Society (USA)
Lindbergh Award Nominations Committee (USA)
Buckminster Fuller Institute
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Society
Memberships
Fellow: Royal Astronomical Society
Member: Royal Asiatic Society
British Astronomical Association
Science Fiction Writers of America
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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Director:
Rocket Publishing Company (UK)
Underwater Safaris (Sri Lanka)
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Trustee:
Spaceguard Foundation, UK
Institute of Integral Education, Sri Lanka
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Honorary
degrees
Beaver College, Pennsylvania, Hon. D. Sc 1971
University of Moratuwa, Hon. D.Sc., 1979
D. Lit, University of Bath, 1988
D. Lit., University of Liverpool (via satellite, 1995)
D. Lit., Baptist University of Hong Kong (Beijing 1996)
D Sc, International Space University, France, 2005
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Awards
and Honours
British Interplanetary Society, Hon. Fellow
American Astronautical Association, Hon. Fellow
World Academy of Art & Science, Academician
International Academy of Astronautics, Hon. Fellow 1960
Franklin Inst. Stuart Ballantine Gold Medal 1963
Franklin Institute, Fellow 1971
AIAA Aerospace Communications Award, 1974
AIAA Hon. Fellow, 1976
Boston Museum of Science, Bradford Washburn Award, 1977
King's College, London, Fellow 1977
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Engineering Award, 1981
Fellow, Institute of Robotics, Carnegie-Mellon, 1981
Marconi International Fellowship, 1982
Hon. Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, 1983.
IEEE Centennial Medal, 1984
National Academy of Engineering (USA) Foreign Associate, 1986.
Vidya Jyothi (‘Luminary of Science) award from the President
of Sri Lanka, 1986
Charles A Lindbergh Award, 1987
Third World Academy of Sciences, Associate Fellow, 1987
Society of Satellite Professionals: Hall of Fame, 1987
Fellow, International Aerospace Hall of Fame, S. Diego, Ca., 1989
Fellow, International Space Hall of Fame, Alamagordo, NM, 1989
Special Achievement Award, Space Explorers Assn., Riyadh 1989
Robert A.Heinlein Memorial Award, National Space Society, 1990
Hon. Life President, U.N. Association of Sri Lanka, 1990
Hon. Fellow, Ceylon College of Physicians, 1991
International Science Policy Foundation Medal, 1992
Freeman of Minehead, 1992
Lord Perry Award for Distance Education, 1992
Nobel Peace Prize Nomination, 1994
NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 1995
BIS Space Achievement Medal and Trophy, 1995
Mohamed Sahabdeen Award For Science, 1996
Von Karman Award, Intl Acad of Astronautics (Beijing, 1996)
Presidential Award, University of Illinois, 1997
Robert A Heinlein Award, 2004
Sahithyaratna (‘Gem of Literature’) lifetime achievement
award from National Arts Council, Sri Lanka, 2005
Lankabhimanya (‘Pride of Lanka’), highest civilian
honour from the President of Sri Lanka, 2005
Asteroid 4923 named 'Clarke' (International
Astronomical Union, 1996)
Dinosaur species Serendipaceratops arthurcclarkei named (University
of Monash, Australia, 2003)
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International
Fantasy Award, 1952
UNESCO-Kalinga Prize, 1961
HUGO (World Science Fiction Convention) 1956, 1974, 1980
NEBULA (SF Writers of America) 1973, 1974, 1979
Aviation Space Writer's Assn. Robert Ball Award, 1965
AAAS-Westinghouse Science Writing Prize, 1969
OSCAR Nomination for 2001 Screenplay (with S. Kubrick) 1969
PLAYBOY Editorial Award, 1971, 1982
John W Campbell Award, 1974
E.M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award (AAS) 1984
GALAXY Award, 1979
SF Writers of America 'Grand Master', 1986
Ranked among "Top 50 Great Britons of the 20th Century" by British
Airways High Life magazine (Feb 2002)
Polled among "Top 100 Stars of Aerospace of all time" by Aviation
Week & Space Technology (June 2003)
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Honorary
degrees
Beaver College, Pennsylvania, Hon. D. Sc 1971
University of Moratuwa, Hon. D.Sc., 1979
D. Lit, University of Bath, 1988
D. Lit., University of Liverpool (via satellite, 1995)
D. Lit., Baptist University of Hong Kong (Beijing 1996)
D Sc, International Space University, France, 2005
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