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(1920-1992) Writer. Isaac Asimov moved to Brooklyn, New York, with his parents from Russia, where he was born, in 1920. He lived in Manhattan, New York, and attended Columbia University.

Full Name

Isaac Asimov

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Isaac Asimov lived in Manhattan, New York.

1920

BIRTH

Isaac Asimov was born in Russia in 1920.

1924

RESIDENCE

Mr. Asimov moved to the United States with his family when he was four years old. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended Boys High School.

1939

OTHER

Asimov graduated from Columbia University in 1939.

1941

LITWORK

Nightfall


Short story.

1950

LITWORK

I, Robot


Science fiction series.

1950

LITWORK

Pebble in the Sky
Ballantine

Science-fiction novel.

1951

LITWORK

Foundation Trilogy


Included "Foundation" (1951), "Foundation and Empire" (1952), and "Second Foundation" (1953).

1954

LITWORK

The Caves of Steel


Science fiction.

1965

LITWORK

The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science


Science (2 vol., rev. ed. 1965)

1971

LITWORK

The Stars in Their Courses


Science.

1972

LITWORK

The Gods Themselves


Novel.

1982

LITWORK

Foundation's Edge


Novel.

1985

LITWORK

Robots and Empire


Novel.

1987

LITWORK

Did Comets Kill the Dinosaurs?


Science.

1992

DEATH

Isaac Asimov died in New York, New York in 1992.

1992

INTERMENT

Asimov's body was cremated and the ashes scattered.

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