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William Morrison

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William Morrison

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Full Name: Joseph Samachson
Born: October 13, 1906
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Died: June 2, 1980
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Occupation: Scientist, Writer
Nationality: American
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Biography

Joseph Samachson was an American scientist and writer, primarily of science fiction and comic books.

A graduate of Rutgers University, he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale at the age of 23. He was an assistant professor at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois. He also headed a laboratory in metabolic research at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois, a research unit dealing with diseases that affect the skeleton. Comics historian Jerry Bails wrote that Samachson worked as a research chemist for the American Molasses Company until 1938, leaving to become a "freelance technical writer".

As a writer, Samachson translated a number of scientific papers. He also wrote science fiction and comics.


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

 (1954)