Tom Swift

Summary

Tom Swift is a children's book series^[1]. It worked as an inventor^[2]. It draws 240 Wikipedia views per month (children_s_book_series category, ranking #17 of 53).^[3]

Key Facts

• Tom Swift worked as an inventor^[2].
• Tom Swift is the creator of Edward Stratemeyer^[4].
• Tom Swift is the creator of Howard Roger Garis^[5].
• Tom Swift is the creator of Harriet Adams^[6].
• Tom Swift is the creator of Jim Lawrence^[7].
• Tom Swift is the creator of Richard McKenna^[8].
• Tom Swift's image is recorded as TomSwiftMotorcycleSmallCropped.jpg^[9].
• Tom Swift is recorded as male^[10].
• Tom Swift's instance of is recorded as children's book series^[11].
• Tom Swift's instance of is recorded as fictional human^[12].
• Tom Swift's publisher is recorded as Stratemeyer Syndicate^[13].
• Tom Swift's publisher is recorded as Simon & Schuster^[14].
• Tom Swift's genre is recorded as children's literature^[15].
• Tom Swift's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh92000629^[16].
• Tom Swift's Commons category is recorded as Tom Swift^[17].
• +1910-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tom Swift^[18].
• Tom Swift's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dwkr^[19].
• Tom Swift's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tom Swift^[20].
• Tom Swift's ISFDB series ID is recorded as 3848^[21].
• Tom Swift's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tom Swift'}^[22].
• Tom Swift's Project Gutenberg author ID is recorded as 267^[23].
• Tom Swift's FAST ID is recorded as 1140316^[24].
• Tom Swift's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID is recorded as tom_swift^[25].
• Tom Swift's NooSFere series ID is recorded as 2740^[26].
• Tom Swift's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-139997^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include children's book series^[11] and fictional human^[12].

History and Context

+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tom Swift^[18].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Tom Swift include 14941 Tomswift^[28], an asteroid^[29].

Why It Matters

Tom Swift draws 240 Wikipedia views per month (children_s_book_series category, ranking #17 of 53).^[3] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30]

Entities named for it include 14941 Tomswift^[28], an asteroid^[29].

FAQs

What did Tom Swift do for work?

Tom Swift worked as inventor^[2].