Sir Fred Hoyle

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:science_fiction
astronomer
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Bruce_Medal
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Medal
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1915-06-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bingley,_West_Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:Geoffrey_Hoyle
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Margaret_Burbidge
gptkb:William_Alfred_Fowler
gptkb:Chandra_Wickramasinghe
gptkb:Geoffrey_Burbidge
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:Big_Bang_theory
gptkbp:deathDate 2001-08-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bournemouth,_England
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:cosmology
astrophysics
gptkbp:genre gptkb:science_fiction
popular science
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Fred Hoyle
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:steady_state_theory
stellar nucleosynthesis
coining the term 'Big Bang'
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:October_the_First_Is_Too_Late
gptkb:The_Intelligent_Universe
gptkb:A_for_Andromeda
gptkb:The_Black_Cloud
gptkb:Evolution_from_Space
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
gptkb:writer
astronomer
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Plumian_Professor_of_Astronomy_and_Experimental_Philosophy
Director of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:panspermia_hypothesis
gptkbp:religion agnostic
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Barbara_Clark
gptkbp:theory gptkb:steady_state_theory
stellar nucleosynthesis
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gptkbp:bfsLayer 6