Chad Oliver, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chad Oliver

American writer

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1928

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1993

Profession: writer, university teacher, anthropologist, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Symmes Chadwick Oliver (30 March 1928 – 9 August 1993) was an American anthropologist and science fiction and Western writer.
He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
His father was a surgeon and his mother a nurse.
When he was young he suffered from rheumatic fever and as a result spent some time as an invalid, a time during which he became interested in science fiction.
However he spent most of his life in Austin, Texas where he was twice chairman of the Department of Anthropology of the University of Texas.
He was also one of the founders of the Turkey City Writer's Workshop.
He first attended the University in 1946 as a student and, apart from a brief sojourn to UCLA to obtain his PhD, he remained there in some capacity until his death, 47 years later. He first had a story published in 1950.
His science fiction is generally classified as anthropological science fiction because he often used insights from his professional work to inform his fictional writing. An avid fly fisherman, Professor Oliver supported the Guadalupe River Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the cold water fishery downstream from Canyon Dam.
Numerous scenes in his writings made reference to actions and experiences related to fishing in moving water (e.g.
wading a river in "Shores of Another Sea").