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1910 - Born on June 8th in Newark, New Jersey. American science-fiction writer, considered the father of modern science fiction.
- He developed Laws of Robotics with Isaac Asimov.
- He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
1928 - He began writing science fiction at age 18 and quickly sold his first stories.
1930 - His first published story, “When the Atoms Failed”, contained one of the earliest depictions of computers in science.
1931 - At the age of 21 he was a well-known pulp writer of super-science space opera.
- He married to Dona Stuart.
1932 - Graduated with a physics degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who speculated imaginatively on the physical diversity that extraterrestrials might possess.
1937 - F. Orlin Tremaine hired him as the editor of Astounding.
1938 - He became editor of Astounding Stories of Super Science, and changed the name to Astounding Science Fiction.
- He established a new standard in maturity and scientific acuracy in science fiction pulp magazine writing.
- He is credited with creating "The Golden Age of Science Fiction".
1939 - Created the fantasy magazine Unknown (later Unknown Worlds).
- It featured "hard fantasy" as well as modern horror fiction, such as Fritz Leiber's Conjure Wife, which was filmed as Weird Woman and Night of the Eagle.
1950 - Married to Margaret Peg Winter.
1960 - He changed the name again to Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
1971 - Died of heart ailment on July 11th in Mountainside, New Jersey.
- Has had two Awards for science fiction writing named after him; The John W. Campbell, Jr., Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.
- He developed Laws of Robotics with Isaac Asimov.
- He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
1928 - He began writing science fiction at age 18 and quickly sold his first stories.
1930 - His first published story, “When the Atoms Failed”, contained one of the earliest depictions of computers in science.
1931 - At the age of 21 he was a well-known pulp writer of super-science space opera.
- He married to Dona Stuart.
1932 - Graduated with a physics degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who speculated imaginatively on the physical diversity that extraterrestrials might possess.
1937 - F. Orlin Tremaine hired him as the editor of Astounding.
1938 - He became editor of Astounding Stories of Super Science, and changed the name to Astounding Science Fiction.
- He established a new standard in maturity and scientific acuracy in science fiction pulp magazine writing.
- He is credited with creating "The Golden Age of Science Fiction".
1939 - Created the fantasy magazine Unknown (later Unknown Worlds).
- It featured "hard fantasy" as well as modern horror fiction, such as Fritz Leiber's Conjure Wife, which was filmed as Weird Woman and Night of the Eagle.
1950 - Married to Margaret Peg Winter.
1960 - He changed the name again to Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
1971 - Died of heart ailment on July 11th in Mountainside, New Jersey.
- Has had two Awards for science fiction writing named after him; The John W. Campbell, Jr., Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.
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