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Jack Williamson
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<p>John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006) was an American <a href="/facts/List_of_science_fiction_authors/RFJcaejD">science fiction writer</a>, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction". He is also credited with one of the first uses of the term <i><a href="/facts/Genetic_engineering/vwdlDR61">genetic engineering</a></i>. Early in his career he sometimes used the <a href="/facts/Pseudonym/A5EjmWxQ">pseudonyms</a> Will Stewart and Nils O. Sonderlund. </p>