What is George Coyne?
[[File:GeorgeCoyne.jpg|right|200px]] '''George V. Coyne, S.J.'''<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Coyne|first1=G.V.|last2=Jacobsen|first2=S.D.|title=Dr. & Fr. George V. Coyne, S.J.: McDevitt Chair of Religious Philosophy, Le Moyne College|journal=In-Sight|date=22 August 2014|issue=5.A|url=http://in-sightjournal.com/2014/08/22/dr-fr-george-v-coyne-s-j-mcdevitt-chair-of-religious-philosophy-le-moyne-college/}}</ref> (January 19, 1933 &ndash; February 11, 2020) was an American [[Jesuit]] priest and astronomer. He was Director of the [[Vatican Observatory]] from 1978 to 2006 and head of the observatory's research group which is based at the [[University of Arizona]] in [[Tucson, Arizona]]. He was McDevitt Chair of Religious Philosophy at [[Le Moyne College]] in [[Syracuse, New York]] from 2012 until his death. Coyne was born in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. He died on February 11, 2020 at a hospital in Syracuse of [[bladder cancer]] at the age of 87.<ref>[https://www.syracuse.com/news/2020/02/le-moyne-professor-former-vatican-observatory-director-dies-after-battle-with-cancer.html Le Moyne professor, former Vatican Observatory director dies after battle with cancer]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Coyne, George}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from bladder cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York (state)]] [[Category:American astronomers]] [[Category:American Jesuits]] [[Category:Scientists from Baltimore]] {{US-bio-stub}}