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Born March 30, 1928 in Cincinnati

Died August 9, 1993

Symmes Chadwick Oliver (March 30, 1928 – August 9, 1993) was an American anthropologist and science fiction and Western writer. Oliver was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Symmes Francis Oliver and Winona Neuman Oliver. His family moved to Crystal City, Texas, in 1943, where his father worked as a surgeon and medical officer at a detention camp. His mother was a nurse. Oliver suffered a severe attack of rheumatic fever at age twelve and was bedridden for several months, during which he became interested in science fiction. He spent most of his life in Austin, Texas where he was twice chairman of the department of anthropology of the University of Texas.

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