# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-williamson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:24:30.882Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-williamson"
name: "Jack Williamson"
slug: "jack-williamson"
description: "John Stewart Williamson was an American science fiction writer, one of several called the \"Dean of Science Fiction\". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term genetic engineering. Early in his career he sometimes used the pseudonyms Will Stewart and Nils O. Sonderlund."
tagline: "American science fiction writer (1908–2006)"
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birthDate: "1908-04-29"
deathDate: "2006-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump