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Who, among the major writers, has been writing for the longest time? And who held the record before them?

Started writing	Died	Who?	Span	-Years on Top
1851	1905	Jules Verne	54	54
1879	1930	Arthur Conan Doyle	51	25
1888	1946	H. G. Wells	58	16
1912	1950	Edgar Rice Burroughs	38	4
1919	1975	Murray Leinster	56	25
1928	2006	Jack Williamson	78	31
1937	2013	Fred Pohl	68	7
1949	2020	James Gunn	71	7
1950?	still active	Robert Silverberg

Interestingly, Jack Williamson had the longest run (ignoring Verne since we did not look for writers older than him.)

For a somewhat different take, see Dean of Science Fiction.

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 <tab head=top>
   Started writing || Died || Who? || Span || Years on Top
-||1905 ||[[Jules Verne]] ||54 ||54
+|| 1905 || [[Jules Verne]] || 54 || 54
-||1930 ||[[Arthur Conan Doyle]] ||51 ||25
+|| 1930 || [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] || 51 || 25
-||1946 ||[[H. G. Wells]] ||58 ||16
+|| 1946 || [[H. G. Wells]] ||58 || 16
-||1950 ||[[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] ||38 ||4
+|| 1950 || [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]] || 38 || 4
-||1975 ||[[Murray Leinster]] ||56 ||25
+|| 1975 || [[Murray Leinster]] || 56 || 25
-||2006 ||[[Jack Williamson]] ||78 ||31
+|| 2006 || [[Jack Williamson]] || 78 || 31
-||2013 ||[[Fred Pohl]] ||68 ||7
+|| 2013 || [[Fred Pohl]] || 68 || 7
-||still alive ||[[James Gunn]] || || 6+
+|| 2020 || [[James Gunn]] || 71 || 7
+? || still active || [[Robert Silverberg]] || ||
 </tab>
 Interestingly, Jack Williamson had the longest run (ignoring Verne since we did not look for writers older than him.)
+For a somewhat different take, see [[Dean of Science Fiction]].
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