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PAUL MYRON ANTHONY LINEBARGER (aka Cordwainer Smith, Felix C. Forrest, Carmichael Smith, Anthony Bearden) BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY [Note: This is a partial working summary, based in large part on Paul Linebarger's own autobiographical lists.. I will add to it and further correct it as I continue to work on his biography. For additional biographical information and many photographs of PMAL, see the website maintained by his daughter, Rosana Hart: http://www.cordwainer-smith.com/] 1913, July 11: Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1915: Moved with family to Chicago 1916: Moved with family to Point Paul Myron, outside Ocean Springs, Mississippi 1919: Moved with family to Shanghai, China; after several months, moved with mother and brother to Honolulu 1919-20: Student at Punahou Academy, Honolulu 1920: Lost one eye in accident; other eye infected; rushed to San Francisco for operation 1920: After brief visits to San Diego, CA, and to Japan, family returned to Shanghai 1920-22: Student at British Cathedral School, Shanghai 1922: Travels throughout Europe; several weeks in Monte Carlo; moved with mother & brother to Baden-Baden, Germany 1922-24: Student at municipal Oberrealschule, Baden-Baden 1924-25: Force Elementary School, Washington, DC; Graduated from Woodward School, DC, 1925 1925-26: Attended Central High School, Washington 1926: Returned with family to Shanghai; student at Kaiser Wilhelmsschule, Shanghai 1927, January-June: Lived with family in Long Beach, CA; attended Polytechnic High School 1927, July: Returned with family to Washington, DC; graduated from Central High School in June, 1928 [age 14] 1928, June: Entered George Washington University as freshman; continued through sophomore year 1930:Moved from DC to China; student at University of Nanking 1930-31: Student at North China Union Language School, Peiping 1931-1933: Attended George Washington University; February 1933, received A.B. degree [age 19] 1933: Auditor, Oxford University (spring); travel in Germany, Russia, major European capitals 1933: American University, DC (summer) 1935: University of Chicago (summer) 1933-1936: Graduate student in political science, Johns Hopkins University; A. M., 1935; Ph. D., June 1936 [age 22] 1936, September 7: Married Margaret Snow 1936-1937: Instructor in Government, and Tutor in Division of History, Government and Economics, Harvard University 1936-37: Post-doctoral auditor, Harvard-Yenching Institute 1937: Intensive Chinese language course, University of Michigan 1937: Publication of first book, The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen 1937-1938: Instructor in Political Science, Duke University 1938: Publication of second book, Government in Republican China 1939: Auditor, advanced Chinese course, University of Michigan 1938-1945: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Duke University 1941: Publication of third book, The China of Chiang Kai-shek 1942: Chief, Far Eastern Section, Psychological Warfare Branch, Operations Group, Military Intelligence Service, War Department (February to August) 1942: Chief, Far Eastern Section, Operations Planning and Intelligence Board, Overseas Branch, Office of War Information (August to November) 1942 (December): 2nd Lt., AUS (MIS, Washington); detailed to work under instructions of Joseph Grew, recently U.S. Ambassador to Japan 1943: 1st Lt., AUS; transferred overseas to G-2, CBI [later China Theater], serving under Generals Stilwell and Wedemeyer; stationed initially in India, then China 1944: Captain, AUS; stationed in Chungking, China, with visit to Chinese Communist headquarters in Yenan 1945: Major, AUS (Chief, Far Eastern Section, Propaganda Branch, War Department General Staff G-2, Pentagon) 1945: Wrote "Scanners Live in Vain" 1945: Associate Professor of Political Science, Duke University (promoted in absentia) 1945-1946: Lecturer, School of Advanced International Studies 1946-1966: Professor of Asiatic Politics, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University 1947: Publication of first novel (as Felix C. Forrest), Ria 1948: Publication of fourth nonfiction book, Psychological Warfare 1948: Publication of second novel (as Felix C. Forrest), Carola 1949: Publication of third novel (as Carmichael Smith), Atomsk 1949: Divorced by Margaret Snow 1950: Married Genevieve Collins 1950: First Cordwainer Smith story, "Scanners Live in Vain," published in Fantasy Book magazine 1954: Publication of fifth nonfiction book, Far Eastern Governments and Politics (with Djang Chu & Ardath Burks) 1955: Second Cordwainer Smith story, "The Game of Rat and Dragon," published in Galaxy magazine 1957: Visiting Professor, Australian National University, Canberra 1965: Visiting Professor, Australian National University, Canberra 1966, August 6: Died at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore
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