Hugo Gernsback, born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourgish-American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best known for publications including the first science fiction magazine. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant, that the annual awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention are named the "Hugos" in his honour. - Wikipedia
Hugo Gernsback
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American inventor, writer, editor and publisher (1884–1967)
| Born | August 16, 1884 |
| Died | August 19, 1967 |
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Hugo Gernsback
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American inventor, writer, editor and publisher (1884–1967)
| Born | August 16, 1884 |
| Died | August 19, 1967 |
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American Science fiction, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Radio, Science fiction, Science fiction, history and criticism, Charts, diagrams, History and criticism, Human-alien encounters, Indexes, Interplanetary voyages, Mars, Radio, handbooks, manuals, etc., Repairing, Science FictionTime
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- OLID: OL2078042A
- BookBrainz: 9297f664-1a53-4636-bd64-01af45168fee
- GoodReads: 460779
- ISNI: 0000000108763705
- IMDb: nm7073389
- Library of Congress Names: n82241588
- Project Gutenberg: 51201
- VIAF: 19720130
- Wikidata: Q312242
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q312242
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- Hugo Gernsback
- Grego Barshuck
- Mohammed U(lysses) S(ocrates) Fips
- Greno Gashbuck
- Gus N. Habergock
- Baron Munchausen
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