A human being should be able to
- change a diaper,
- plan an invasion,
- butcher a hog,
- conn a ship,
- design a building,
- write a sonnet,
- balance accounts,
- build a wall,
- set a bone,
- comfort the dying,
- take orders,
- give orders,
- cooperate,
- act alone,
- solve equations,
- analyze a new problem,
- pitch manure,
- program a computer,
- cook a tasty meal,
- fight efficiently, and
- die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.
Robert A. Heinlein
About Lazarus Long
| First appearance | Methuselah’s Children |
|---|---|
| Last appearance | To Sail Beyond the Sunset |
| Created by | Robert A. Heinlein |
| Birth year | 1912 |
| Birth place | Earth |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Known for | Oldest member of the human race |
| Full name | Woodrow Wilson Smith |
| Alias | Ernest Gibbons Captain Aaron Sheffield “Happy” Daze Proscribed Prisoner No. 83M2742 Mr. Justice Lenox Dr. Lafayette ‘Lafe’ Hubert Corporal Ted Bronson His Serenity Seraphim the Younger, Supreme High Priest of the One God in All His Aspects and Arbiter Below and Above. |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Senior |
| Occupation | actor, musician, beggar, farmer, priest, pilot, politician, con artist, gambler, doctor, lawyer, banker, merchant, soldier, electronics technician, mechanic, restaurateur, investor, bordello manager, and slave. |
| Family | Howard families |
| Children | Lapis Lazuli, Lorelei Lee (XX-parity clones), as well as many others unnamed. |
| Nationality | American |