Hugo Gernsback (August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967), born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourg American inventor, writer and magazine publisher, best remembered for publications that included the first science fiction magazine. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, he is sometimes popularly called "The Father of Science Fiction"; in his honor, the annual Science Fiction Achieveme...
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Date of birth:
- Aug 16, 1884
Date of death:
- Aug 19, 1967 (age 83 years)
Place of birth:
Also known as:
- Dr. Grego Banshuck,
- Greno Gashbuck,
- Gus N. Habergock,
- Hugo Gernsbacher
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