Fred Hoyle

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British astronomer (1915-2001)

United Kingdom ScientistsLived 1915 to 2001 · aged 86

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Sir Fred Hoyle (24 June 1915 - 20 August 2001) was an English astronomer. With Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge and William Alfred Fowler, he formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis in the influential B2FH paper.

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Blue plaque at Bingley Grammar School commemorating Hoyle

Hoyle in 1988

Statue of Hoyle at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge

Mosaic by Boris Anrep, in the National Gallery, London, depicting Hoyle as a steeplejack climbing to the stars, a book under his arm

Awards 17

1997Crafoord Prize in Astronomy

1994Balzan Prize

1992Karl Schwarzschild Medal

1974Royal Medal

1972Knight Bachelor

1971Henry Norris Russell Lectureship

1970Bruce Medal

1969Karl G. Jansky Lectureship

1968Kalinga Prize

1968Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society

1968Royal Society Bakerian Medal

1964Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award

1960Guthrie Lecture

1957Fellow of the Royal Society

1938Smith's Prize

1936Mayhew Prize

Royal Society Bakerian Medal

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ChildGeoffrey Hoyle

Connected to Fred 6

Arthur EddingtonAlso won Smith's Prize

Vera RubinAlso won Henry Norris Russell Lectureship

Edward Mills PurcellAlso won Karl G. Jansky Lectureship

Martin RyleAlso won Bruce Medal

Leon M. LedermanAlso won Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award

Nikolay Gennadiyevich BasovAlso won Kalinga Prize

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