Fred Hoyle
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Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001 ) was an astronomer, cosmologist, and science fiction author.
"Born in Yorkshire, England. He attended Emmanuel College at Cambridge and was then hired to teach mathematics at Cambridge University. Later he moved to the United States to take a job as a professor of astronomy and philosophy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York." (reference for quote: ("Fred Hoyle." Astronomy & Space: From the Big Bang to the Big Crunch. 3 vols. U*X*L, 1997. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007.)
Further Reading
Fred Hoyle: Home Is Where the Wind Blows: Chapters from a Cosmologist's Life. ISBN 0-935702-27-X
External links
The "Official" Fred Hoyle website: [1]