What is Fred Hoyle?
{{no sources|date=July 2018}} [[File:Institute_of_Astronomy,_statue_of_Sir_Fred_Hoyle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_372582.jpg|thumb|Statue of Fred Hoyle in Institute of Astronomy]] <!--[[File:FredHoyle.jpg|thumb|150x150px|Fred Hoyle]]--> '''Sir Fred Hoyle''' (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was an [[England|English]] [[astronomer]]. He is noted mainly for being the first man to think of the idea that [[nuclear fusion]] might happen in [[star]]s, like our [[Sun]]. In addition to his work as an astronomer, Hoyle was a writer of [[science fiction]], including a number of books co-written with his son Geoffrey Hoyle. Fred Hoyle gave the [[Big Bang]] theory its name in a radio broadcast. '''Awards''' * Fellow of the Royal Society (March, 1957) <sup>[27]</sup> * Gold Medal of the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] (1968) * Bakerian Lecture (1968) * Bruce Medal (1970) * Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1971) * Jansky Lectureship before the National Radio Astronomy Observatory * Knighthood (1972) * President of the Royal Astronomical Society (1971–1973) * [[Royal Medal]] (1974) * Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1977) * Balzan Prize for Astrophysics: evolution of stars (1994, with Martin Schwarzschild) * [[Crafoord Prize]] from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, with Edwin Salpeter (1997) ==Related pages== *[[Geoffrey Burbidge]] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoyle, Fred}} [[Category:1915 births]] [[Category:2001 deaths]] [[Category:English astronomers]] [[Category:English science writers]] [[Category:English science fiction writers]]