Author
Stephen Jay Gould
September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002 · United States
Evolutionary biologist, Paleontologist, Writer, Philosopher, University teacher, Historian, Voice actor, Botanist, Zoologist, Geologist
Titles on list
2
Total weeks
13
Peak rank
#10
Biography
- Born
- September 10, 1941 · Queens
- Died
- May 20, 2002 · New York City
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Antioch University, University of Leeds, Antioch College, Columbia University, Harvard University, Jamaica High School
Awards & Honours
- 1975Charles Schuchert Award
- 1981National Book Award
- 1981MacArthur Fellows Program
- 1981Tinbergen Lecture
- 1981National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction
- 1982Hayden Memorial Geological Award
- 1983Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science
- 1984Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London
- 1988Mary C. Rabbitt History And Philosophy of Geology Award
- 1989Sue Tyler Friedman Medal
- 1990Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science
- 1990Edinburgh Medal
- 1991Royal Society Science Books Prize
- 1992Linnean Medal
- 1994William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
- 1994St. Louis Literary Award
- 2001Humanist of the Year
- 2002Paleontological Society Medal
- 2008Darwin–Wallace Medal
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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