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  • Virgil Swann
  • Virgil Swann
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  • Dr. Virgil Swann was a brilliant and wealthy scientist dedicated to communicating with other planets and a founding member of Veritas.
  • Dr. Virgil Swann was a brilliant and wealthy scientist dedicated to communicating with other planets, and a founding member of the Veritas Society. By 1977, Dr. Swann was considered a top astronomer and pioneer in the field of satellite communication, but around the time of the first meteor shower that struck Smallville, he donated his millions and became a recluse, devoting his life to studying life on other planets. Specifically, his largest body of study was the planet Krypton.
Appeared
  • Legacy
  • Rosetta
  • Veritas Veritas
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Relatives
  • Patricia Swann
Job
  • Mathematician, physicist, engineer , astronomer
Status
  • Deceased
Affiliation
  • Swann Communications, New York Planetarium
Actor
Name
  • Virgil Swann
First
  • Smallville, episode 2x17
Performer
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Family
Classification
  • Human
Creator
  • Alfred Gough and Miles Millar
abstract
  • Dr. Virgil Swann was a brilliant and wealthy scientist dedicated to communicating with other planets, and a founding member of the Veritas Society. By 1977, Dr. Swann was considered a top astronomer and pioneer in the field of satellite communication, but around the time of the first meteor shower that struck Smallville, he donated his millions and became a recluse, devoting his life to studying life on other planets. Specifically, his largest body of study was the planet Krypton. A Manhattan-based astronomer, Dr. Swann dedicated a good portion of his life to studying the skies and searching for life beyond Earth. In 1978, he was chosen as Time Magazine's Man of the Year for 1977. A pioneer in the field of global communications, Dr. Swann used his SWANNSTAR satellites to explore extraterrestrial communication. He donated a major portion of his company's profits toward the U.S. space program, and in return was given unprecedented access to extraterrestrial findings.
  • Dr. Virgil Swann was a brilliant and wealthy scientist dedicated to communicating with other planets and a founding member of Veritas.
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