Born in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), The United States October 09, 1900 GenreScience Fiction edit data Hiram Gilmore "Harry" Bates III (October 9, 1900 – September 1981) was an American science fiction editor and writer. His short story "Farewell to the Master" (1940) was the basis of the well-known science fiction movie The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_B... see also under the following pen-names: Anthony Gilmore (with D.W. Hall) A.R. Holmes H.G. Winter (with D.W. Hall) Less