A. E. van Vogt's full name is Alfred Elton van Vogt. He was a Canadian-American science fiction author who was active from the 1930s through the 1970s. He is best known for his novels Slan (1946), The World of Null-A (1945), and The Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950).
Vogting Your Knowledge: A Quiz on A. E. van Vogt's Sci-Fi Universe