![]() Many of the articles in Corliss’s works were earlier mentioned by Fort works. Corliss quoted all relevant parts of articles (often reprinting entire articles or stories, including illustrations). Unlike Fort, Corliss offered little in the way of his own opinions or editorial comments, preferring to let the articles speak for themselves. Corliss was inspired by Charles Fort, who decades earlier also collected reports of unusual phenomena. Since 1974, Corliss published a number of works in the “Sourcebook Project.” Each volume was devoted to a scientific field (archeology, astronomy, geology, and other topics) and featured articles culled almost exclusively from scientific journals. Clarke described him as “Fort’s latter-day – and much more scientific – successor.” ![]() Corliss then gave the Dinsdale Lecture entitled, “The Classified Residuum.”Īrthur C. It was presented to Corliss for his unique and comprehensive cataloguing of scientific anomalies. Corliss was presented with the Tim Dinsdale Award (named after the famed seeker of the Loch Ness Monsters) on June 10, 1994, at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration in Austin, Texas. ![]() He was an American physicist and writer who became known for his interest in collecting data regarding anomalous phenomena, some of which included cryptozoological topics. ![]() William Roger Corliss, who was born August 28, 1926, in Stanford, Connecticut, passed away last week, on July 8th. ![]()
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