Olaf Stapledon
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1886-05-10
- Died
- 1950-09-06
- Works
- 101
Top works
- Seven pillars of peace
- Antología de la literatura fantástica
- Latter-day psalms
- Sirius
- odd john a story between jest and ernest
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 32
- Total plays
- 310
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 57,043x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 12,967x
- Complex network measures of brain connectivity: Uses and interpretations
· 2010 · cited 10,573x
- Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption‐II
· 1993 · cited 10,412x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Olaf Stapledon , ( 1886-05-10 ) 10 May 1886, Seacombe , Wallasey , Cheshire, England
- Died
- 6 September 1950 (1950-09-06) (aged 64), Caldy , Cheshire, England
- Occupation
- Novelist , philosopher
- Genre
- Science fiction , philosophy
- Notable works
- Last and First Men (1930), Odd John (1935), Star Maker (1937), Sirius (1944)
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Key dates
- Born
- 10 May 1886
- Died
- 6 September 1950
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Wallasey
- Place of death
- Caldy
- Occupation
- peace activist
- Educated at
- Abbotsholme School
- Employer
- University of Liverpool
- Languages spoken
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William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) was an English philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
Stapledon was born in Cheshire, but he lived in Port Said, Egypt throughout his early childhood. Following his college studies, he worked in shipping offices in Liverpool and Port Said from 1910 to 1912. During the First World War, he served as a conscientious objector. Stapledon became an ambulance driver with the Friends' Ambulance Unit in France and Belgium from July 1915 to January 1919; he was awarded the Croix de Guerre for bravery. His wartime experiences influenced his pacifist beliefs. Stapledon was awarded a PhD degree in philosophy from the University of Liverpool in 1925 and used his doctoral thesis as the basis for his first published prose book, A Modern Theory of Ethics (1929). However, he soon turned to fiction in the hope of presenting his ideas to a wider public.
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1886 births1950 deaths20th-century English male writers20th-century English novelists20th-century English philosophers20th-century English poets20th-century English short story writersAcademics of the University of LiverpoolAlumni of Balliol College, OxfordAlumni of the University of LiverpoolBritish philosophers of mindBritish philosophy writers