History World · November 8, 2026

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Arthur C. Clarke. Born in 1917, this science fiction writer wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey. He proposed satellites in fixed orbits. In which present-day country was this person born?

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United Kingdom

💡 Arthur C. Clarke also wrote Rendezvous with Rama.

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