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