Early chemical career and the beginning of Skylark E. E. Smith

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a scene first installment of skylark of space, august 1928


after college, smith junior chemist national bureau of standards in washington, d.c., developing standards butter , oysters. may have served lieutenant in u.s. army during world war i, details unknown. draft card, partly illegible, seems show smith requested exemption military service, based on wife s dependence , on contribution war effort civilian chemist.


one evening in 1915, smiths visiting former classmate university of idaho, dr. carl garby, had moved washington, d.c. lived nearby in seaton place apartments wife, lee hawkins garby. long discussion journeys outer space ensued, , suggested smith should write down ideas , speculations story interstellar travel. although interested, smith believed thought romantic elements required , uncomfortable that.


mrs. garby offered take care of love interest , romantic dialogue, , smith decided give try. sources of inspirations main characters in novel themselves; seatons , cranes based on smiths , garbys, respectively. one-third of skylark of space completed end of 1916, when smith , garby gradually abandoned work on it.


smith earned master s degree in chemistry george washington university in 1917, studying under dr. charles e. munroe. smith completed phd in chemical engineering in 1918, food engineering focus; dissertation, effect of bleaching oxides of nitrogen upon baking quality , commercial value of wheat flour, published in 1919. (warner , fleischer give title effect of oxides of nitrogen upon carotin molecule – c40h56, difficult explain. sam moskowitz gives degree date 1919, perhaps reflecting different dates thesis submission, thesis defense, , degree certification.)



the serial novel skylark 3 began amazing stories cover story (august 1930)



spacehounds of ipc serialized in amazing stories.



triplanetary last of smith s 1930s novels serialized in amazing stories; lensman novels published in astounding stories.



smith s novelette lord tedric , cover story in march 1954 issue of universe science fiction, novelized gordon eklund 25 years later.



smith s novel galaxy primes serialized in amazing stories in 1959.



after e. everett evans died in 1958, smith completed unfinished novel, masters of space. novel serialized in if.








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