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Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and scientific historian. He is one of the most influential and widely read scientists of his generation. Gould has spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. In 1996, Gould was hired as a professor of biological studies to visit Vincent Astor at New York University, where he shared his teaching time there and at Harvard. Gould's most important contribution to evolutionary biology was the Gap Equilibrium Theory developed with Niles Eldredge in 1972. The theory holds that most evolutionary processes are characterized by stable evolutionary times over long periods, rarely terminated by rapid branching stages. This theory resisted phyletic gradualism, the popular idea that evolutionary change was marked by a pattern of frequent and continuous change in fossil record.
BornSeptember 10, 1941, Queens, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 2002, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
FieldsPaleontology, evolutionary biology, history of science
InstitutionsHarvard University, American Museum of Natural History, New York University
Alma materAntioch College (BA), University of Leeds, Columbia University (PhD)
ThesisPleistocene and Recent History of the Subgenus Poecilozonites (Poecilozonites) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Bermuda: An Evolutionary Microcosm (1967)
Known forPunctuated equilibrium, Non-overlapping magisteria, Spandrel, Exaptation
Notable awardsLinnean Society of London's Darwin–Wallace Medal (2008), Paleontological Society Medal (2002), St. Louis Literary Award (1994), Sue Tyler Friedman Medal (1989), American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award (1982), Charles Schuchert Award (1975), Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science (1983, 1990), MacArthur Fellowship, National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award
SpouseDeborah Lee (m. 1965, div. 1995, 2 children), Rhonda Roland Shearer (m. 1995, 2 stepchildren)

About Stephen Jay Gould

Historian Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10, 1941 in New York, United States (He dies at the age of 60, on May 20, 2002).

He is well recognized for his popular scientific publications, such as The Mismeasure of Man (1981), Ever Since Darwin (1977), and Dinosaur in a Haystack. He is an author, science historian, evolutionary biologist, and paleontologist from the United States (1995). Two years before his death, the United States Library of Congress named him a"Living Legend".

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Stephen Jay Gould before becoming famous

Stephen Jay Gould was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1941 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was an active campaigner for civil rights and social justice while attending Antioch College in the 1960s. He taught paleontology and geology at Harvard University for more than three decades.

Achievement of Stephen Jay Gould

He was diagnosed with peritoneal mesothelioma, an asbestos-related cancer, in 1982. Despite his grim prognosis, he lived for another twenty years.

Stephen Jay Gould's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born to Jewish immigrants in New York City. From his two marriages, he had two children and two stepchildren.

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Stephen Jay Gould Collabed with

Another science writer, Novelist Richard Dawkins, and he both contributed articles to Natural History magazine.

Stephen Jay Gould Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Stephen Jay Gould updated on March 15 2023.