අමරණීය නාමය - ශ්‍රීමත් ආතර් සී. ක්ලාක්

Arthur C. Clarke was born at the coast town of Minehead, as the eldest of four children. He became interested in science in early age, and constructed his first telescope at thirteen. Clarke's father died when he was fourteen and his mother, left with her children, gave riding lessons to augment the family income.