As a physically small child and a member of a Jewish family living in an era when anti-Semitism was still quite common, he was often bullied during his childhood, and this ended up being partially channeled into an abrasive and acerbic personality which was one of his best-known personal characteristics. In addition to scientists, engineers, and astronauts, in this context luminaries should perhaps be extended to include those artists and writers who have helped show us the way and prepare us for whatever we might meet, and in that sense another luminary has recently left us, with the passing of author Harlan Ellison June 28.Įllison was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1934, and he spent most of his childhood in Ohio. This feature has already commented on the unusually high number of luminaries in astronomy and space who have passed away within the relatively recent past. For a brief time I was here, and for a brief time, I mattered.
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