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Name	Arthur Bertram Chandler
Alternative Names	Andrew Dunstan S.H.M. Carl Lawrence George Whitley
Born	28 March, 1912 Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Died	6 June, 1984 (aged 72) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	merchant sailor (1956-1963) New South Wales, Australia novelist (1956-1984) New South Wales, Australia short story writer (1956-1984) New South Wales, Australia merchant ship's master (1963-1975) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Ditmar Award (recipient, 1969) Ditmar Award (recipient, 1971) Ditmar Award (recipient, 1975) Ditmar Award (recipient, 1976) Seiun Sho award (Japan) (recipient, 1976)
Legacies *	A. Bertram Chandler award (Australian Science Fiction Foundation) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	British Interplanetary Society (fellow, 1947-1984)
Workplaces *	Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (employee, 1956-1975)

* Dates are approximate