December 16, 1917 - March 19, 2008
English science fiction writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer and television series host
Author of "Childhood's End", "2001 - A Space Odysses" (for which he was nominated with Stanley Kubrick for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for Screen in 1969), "Rendevous With Rama" and "The Songs of Distant Earth"
Was given the title SFWA Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1985
Inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1997
Was the namesake of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction writing in the United Kingdom