Fred Hoyle

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astronomer astrophysicist cosmologist human science fiction writer

Fred Hoyle was a British astronomer and cosmologist best known for his work on stellar nucleosynthesis and for coining the term "Big Bang," which he actually opposed as a theory.

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Fred Hoyle canonical 16
Sir Fred Hoyle 1

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instanceOf astronomer ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ
cosmologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
science fiction writer ⓘ
awardReceived Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Prize of the Royal Society ⓘ
Bruce Medal ⓘ
Crafoord Prize ⓘ
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
coAuthor Geoffrey Burbidge ⓘ
Margaret Burbidge ⓘ
William A. Fowler ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1915-06-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-08-20 ⓘ
educatedAt Emmanuel College, Cambridge ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Hoyle ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
stellar nucleosynthesis ⓘ
fullName Fred Hoyle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Fred Hoyle
genre popular science ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
givenName Fred ⓘ
hasInfluenced modern cosmology ⓘ
theory of stellar evolution ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor coining the term "Big Bang" ⓘ
science fiction novels ⓘ
steady-state cosmology ⓘ
stellar nucleosynthesis ⓘ
work on nucleosynthesis in stars ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
name Fred Hoyle self-link ⓘ
notableWork A for Andromeda ⓘ
“Synthesis of the Elements in Stars” (B2FH, 1957) ⓘ
surface form: B2FH paper on stellar nucleosynthesis

Frontiers of Astronomy ⓘ
The Black Cloud ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bingley ⓘ
England ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bournemouth ⓘ
Dorset ⓘ
England ⓘ
positionHeld Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
director of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, Cambridge ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
supportedTheory steady-state theory of the universe ⓘ
theoryOpposed Big Bang theory ⓘ
workLocation CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

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Edwin E. Salpeter → coAuthor → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Big Bang → coinedBy → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Margaret Burbidge → collaboratedWith → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Arthur Stanley Eddington → influenced → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge → hasNotableHolder → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Roy Kerr → hasAcademicAdvisor → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Eddington Medal → notableRecipient → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Henry Draper Medal → notableRecipient → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
RAS Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Edward Arthur Milne → influenced → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
triple-alpha process → wasExplainedBy → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
Fred Hoyle → name → Fred Hoyle self-link ⓘ
Fred Hoyle → fullName → Fred Hoyle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Fred Hoyle
Geoffrey Burbidge → coAuthor → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
“Synthesis of the Elements in Stars” (B2FH, 1957) → hasAuthor → Fred Hoyle ⓘ
subject surface form: Synthesis of the Elements in Stars
Hermann Bondi → coAuthorWith → Fred Hoyle ⓘ