E. E. Smith

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E. E. Smith

Engineering

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Food Engineering

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• Engineering

E. E. Smith's Degrees

• Bachelors Food Engineering University of California, Berkeley

Why Is E. E. Smith Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Edward Elmer Smith was an American food engineer and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera. Biography Family and education Edward Elmer Smith was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on May 2, 1890, to Fred Jay Smith and Caroline Mills Smith, both staunch Presbyterians of British ancestry. His mother was a teacher born in Michigan in February 1855; his father was a sailor, born in Maine in January 1855 to an English father. They moved to Spokane, Washington, the winter after Edward Elmer was born, where Mr. Smith was working as a contractor in 1900. In 1902, the family moved to Seneaquoteen, near the Pend Oreille River, in Kootenai County, Idaho. He had four siblings, Rachel M. born September 1882, Daniel M. born January 1884, Mary Elizabeth born February 1886 , and Walter E. born July 1891 in Washington. In 1910, Fred and Caroline Smith and their son Walter were living in the Markham Precinct of Bonner County, Idaho; Fred is listed in census records as a farmer.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With E. E. Smith?

E. E. Smith is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Idaho
• George Washington University
• University of California, Berkeley

What Are E. E. Smith's Academic Contributions?

E. E. Smith has made the following academic contributions:

• Triplanetary
• The Vortex Blaster
• First Lensman
• Children of the Lens