C. Jackson (Claude Jackson) Craven

Claude Jackson Craven was an American educator and science writer, born in 1908. He is best known for Our Atomic World: The Story of Atomic Energy, a short book in the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's Understanding the Atom series, first published in the 1960s.

Project Gutenberg's edition notes that he was both a member of the University of Tennessee faculty and a staff member at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. It also describes his work teaching high school science teachers through short courses on nuclear energy, which fits the clear, instructional style of his writing.

Available records identify him as Claude Jackson Craven, 1908–1988. While detailed biographical information appears limited online, the surviving record suggests a writer whose main goal was public understanding: helping readers grasp the science, history, and promise of the atomic age without making it feel out of reach.