Robert A. Heinlein (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Robert Anson Heinlein (HIN-lin) was one of the leading figures—many would say the leading figure—in the development of American science fiction from its pulp-magazine phase to the success and prestige it now enjoys. He was born in 1907 in the American heartland on a farm in Butler, Missouri. As an undergraduate, he attended the University of Missouri, but he yearned to see more of the world and eventually transferred to the United States Naval Academy. After graduating in 1929, he served five years as a naval officer but was forced to retire for reasons of ill health in 1934. After...
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