Jack Williamson

For other people named John Williamson, see John Williamson (disambiguation).
For the Australian rules footballer, see Jack Williamson (footballer). For the Anglican bishop, see Will Stewart (bishop). For the baseball player, see Will Stewart (baseball).
Jack Williamson
BornJohn Stewart Williamson
(1908-04-29)April 29, 1908
Bisbee, Arizona Territory, U.S.
DiedNovember 10, 2006(2006-11-10) (aged 98)
Portales, New Mexico, U.S.
Pen nameWill Stewart
Nils O. Sonderlund
OccupationWriter, professor of English
Period1928–2006[1]
GenreScience fiction

John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006), who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction".[2] He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term genetic engineering.[3] Early in his career he sometimes used the pseudonyms Will Stewart and Nils O. Sonderlund.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference isfdb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1979, editorial "The Dean of Science Fiction" by Isaac Asimov, page 6.
  3. ^ "Jack Williamson, Greg Bear: Two SFWA pillars honored with 2006 Heinlein Award" Archived 2006-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. SFWA Pressbook. Retrieved 2007. [page needed]