George R. Stewart
1895
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1980
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Princeton University
occupation: historian, toponymist, novelist, writer, science fiction writer
award received: International Fantasy Award
George Rippey Stewart Jr. (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1959 book, Pickett's Charge, a detailed history of the final attack at Gettysburg, was called "essential for an understanding of the Battle of Gettysburg". His 1949 post-apocalyptic novel Earth Abides won the first International Fantasy Award in 1951. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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