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Edward Elmer Smith (May 2, 1890 – August 31, 1965) was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and science-fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera.
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TTTA extracted 65 structured relationships around E. E. Smith. Examples in this analysis include E. E. Smith → Born → Edward Elmer Smith (1890-05-02)May 2, 1890 Sheboygan, Wisconsin, US and E. E. Smith → Children → 3. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. E. Smith | Born | Edward Elmer Smith (1890-05-02)May 2, 1890 Sheboygan, Wisconsin, US | 1.00 | infobox |
| E. E. Smith | Children | 3 | 1.00 | infobox |
| E. E. Smith | Died | August 31, 1965(1965-08-31) (aged 75) Seaside, Oregon, US | 1.00 | infobox |
| E. E. Smith | Education | University of Idaho, George Washington University | 1.00 | infobox |
| E. E. Smith | Genre | Science fiction (notably space opera) | 1.00 | infobox |
| E. E. Smith | Occupations | Food engineer, writer | 1.00 | infobox |
| E. E. Smith | Pen name | E. E. "Doc" Smith | 1.00 | infobox |
| E. E. Smith | Period | 1928–1965 (published writer) | 1.00 | infobox |
| E. E. Smith | Spouse | .mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Groff Conklin | instance of | Galaxy Primes was written after critics | 0.80 | text |
| P | instance of | Galaxy Primes was written after critics | 0.80 | text |
| E. E. Smith | related to External links | Works | 0.60 | section |
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Source: Wikipedia — E. E. Smith · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout