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Arthur Clarke marries Marilyn Mayfield in Florida; they are separated within a year. 1956. Exploring seas around Ceylon with Mike Wilson and Rodney Jonklaas (documented in The Reefs of Taprobane ); decides to reside in the Indian Ocean island.
On a trip to Florida in 1953, Clarke met and quickly married Marilyn Mayfield, a 22-year-old American divorcee with a young son. They separated permanently after six months, although the divorce was not finalised until 1964. "The marriage was incompatible from the beginning," said Clarke. Marilyn never remarried and died in 1991.
- Writer, inventor, futurist
- King's College London
- 1946–2008
Mar 14, 2015 · In 1952, he met and married Marilyn Mayfield, a 22-year-old American divorcee with a young son. They separated after just six months, although the divorce was not finalized until 1964.
- Royalist Correspondent
Mar 19, 2008 · He was briefly married in 1953 to an American diving enthusiast named Marilyn Mayfield; they separated after a few months and were divorced in 1964, having had no children.
- Gerald Jonas
Clarke married Marilyn Mayfield, an American, in 1953 and divorced in 1964. He had no children. He later adopted the Sri Lankan–Australian family of his business partner Hector Ekanayake.
After the war he travelled around the United States and Florida, where he used to scuba dive and met Marilyn Mayfield. After two intense weeks of romance they got married, but they never lived together as married couple: she hated the time and rigour with which Clarke wrote both his fictional and aero-spatial work.
Mar 19, 2008 · Husband of Marilyn Martin (Mayfield) Clarke — married 15 Jun 1953 (to about Dec 1964) in Florida, USA. Died 19 Mar 2008 at age 90 in Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka. Problems/Questions Profile manager: England Project WikiTree [ send private message ] Profile last modified 16 Jan 2024 | Created 16 Nov 2014. This page has been accessed 6,029 times.
