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Sir Fred Hoyle (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) [1] was an English astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and was one of the authors of the influential B 2 FH paper.
Fowler acknowledged Fred Hoyle as the pioneer of the concept of stellar nucleosynthesis but Hoyle did not receive a share in the prize. Hoyle's championing of many disreputable and disproven ideas may have damaged his overall reputation and invalidated him in the Nobel committee's view.
Frederick James (Fred) Hoyle (14 December 1918 – 11 February 1994) was the inaugural Archdeacon of Bolton. [ 1 ] He was educated at St John's College, Durham and after wartime service during World War II was ordained in 1949.
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Fowler, though an accomplished nuclear physicist, was still learning Hoyle's theory in 1955 and later stated that Hoyle was the intellectual leader. [12] The Burbidges also learnt Hoyle's theory during 1954–55 in Cambridge. "There was no leader in the group," G. Burbidge wrote in 2008, "we all made substantial contributions". [13]
As a young man, a new Christian convert and a new immigrant to America who was earning a good salary, he attended one of D.L. Moody's preaching engagements in New York City; and, after appealing to men in the audience to give their lives to Christian service, Moody directly looked at Evans and said with uncommon insight, "Young man, I mean you."
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