. "E. E. \"Doc\" Smith"@en . "1890Z"^^ . "1928Z"^^ . "Edward Elmer Smith PhD (also E. E. Smith, E. E. \"Doc\" Smith, Doc Smith, \"Skylark\" Smith, or\u2014to his family\u2014Ted) (May 2, 1890 \u2013 August 31, 1965) was an American food engineer (specializing in doughnut and pastry mixes) and early science fiction author, best known for the Lensman and Skylark series. He is sometimes called the father of space opera."@en . "Smith, E. E."@en . "E. E. Smith"@en . . "Smith, Edward Elmer (full name); Smith, E. E. \"Doc\"; Smith, Edward E. \"Doc\"; etc"@en . "Edward Elmer Smith"@en . . "American science fiction writer" . "1965-08-31Z"^^ . . "1890-05-02Z"^^ . . "1965Z"^^ . "1965Z"^^ .