Harry Bates (writer)

Hiram Gilmore "Harry" Bates III (October 9, 1900 September 1981) was an American science fiction editor and writer. His short story "Farewell to the Master" (1940) was the basis of the well-known science fiction movie The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).

Harry Bates
BornHiram Gilmore Bates III
(1900-10-09)October 9, 1900
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
DiedSeptember 1981 (aged 80)
New York
Pen nameAnthony Gilmore, H.G. Winter, A.R. Holmes
OccupationEditor, author
NationalityAmerican
Period1930–1953
GenreScience fiction
Notable works"Farewell to the Master"
Notable awardsFirst Fandom Hall of Fame
1976
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