Person Hoyle; Sir; Fred (1915 - 2001) Hoyle Fred Sir 1915 - 2001 British Male Bingley, West Yorkshire 24/06/1915 19150624 Bournemouth, Dorset 20/08/2001 20010820

Astronomy Education: Bingley Grammar School; Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Mathematics) Career: Studied under Rudolf Peierls (FRS 1945) and under Paul Dirac (FRS 1930); Fellow, St John's College, Cambridge (1939-1972); served in the Admiralty Signals Establishment (World War 2); Assistant Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Cambridge University (1945-1958); invented the term "Big Bang"; worked with RA Lyttleton (FRS 1955) and Hermann Bondi (FRS 1959) to develop the theory of accretion (1940s); worked with Bondi and Thomas Gold (FRS 1964) to develop the Steady State Theory of the Universe (1950s); worked with Margaret Burbidge (FRS 1964) and Geoffrey Burbidge (FRS 1968); presented radio talks on "The Nature of the Universe (1950); Plumian Professor of Astronomy, Cambridge University (1958-1972); founder and Director, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge (1967-1972); Member, Science Research Council (1967-1972); retired (1972); Honorary Research Professor, Manchester University (1972-2001); Honorary Fellow, St John's College (1973-2001) and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Honorary Professor, University of Wales, Cardiff (1975-2001); wrote novels Honours: Kt 1972 Memberships: US National Academy of Sciences (Foreign Associate 1969); FRAS (President 1971-1973) Son of a textile salesman of Bingley, West Yorkshire; married (1939) Barbara Clark; one son, one daughter Royal Society roles: Council: 1969-1971; VP 1969-1971 Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1974 Lectures: Bakerian 1968 Fellow 21/03/1957 41 Sources: Obituaries: Times, Financial Times, Guardian (23 August 2001) References: B E J Pagel, 'A Life of Achievement and Controversy', review of Fred Hoyle, Home is Where the Wind Blows in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 329-332, plate Sir Fred Hoyle, 'The Achievement of Dirac', review of Helge S. Kragh, Dirac: A Scientific Biography in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 183-187 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 213-248 , plate, by Geoffrey Burbidge International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Papers of Sir Fred Hoyle deposited at St John's College Cambridge 2001 [ www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/hoyle/exhibition/cambridge ] 24 Jun 1915 - 20 Aug 2001 NA5692 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 8eadb03c-8cea-4b5f-a34e-c76c726f9721