Stephen Jay Gould (/ ɡuːld / GOOLD; September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was one of the most influential and widely read authors of popular science of his generation. [1] .

Dec 27, 2024 · Stephen Jay Gould (born September 10, 1941, New York, New York, U.S.—died May 20, 2002, New York) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science writer. Gould graduated from Antioch College in 1963 and received a Ph.D. in paleontology at Columbia University in 1967.

May 20, 2002 · Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10, 1941, in Queens, New York, the son of Leonard Gould, a court stenographer, and Eleanor, an artist and entrepreneur. Gould took his first steps toward a career in paleontology after a visit to the American Museum of Natural History with his father.

Feb 18, 2014 · Stephen Jay Gould studied snail fossils and worked at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts during the latter half of the twentieth century. He contributed to philosophical, historical, and scientific ideas in paleontology, evolutionary theory, and developmental biology.

May 23, 2002 · Stephen Jay Gould, Harvards outspoken and often controversial paleontologist whose groundbreaking work on evolutionary theory - coupled with his award-winning writings - brought an expanded world of science to thousands of readers, died Monday morning (May 20) in Manhattan of metastasized lung cancer.

The American paleontologist (a scientist who studies fossil remains of life from long ago) Stephen Jay Gould was awarded the 1975 Schuchert Award by the Paleontological Society for his work in evolutionary (study of the process of change in the growth of a life group) theory.

Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, taxonomist, and historian of science. He was also one of the most influential and widely read writers of popular science of his generation.

May 16, 2017 · Stephen Jay Gould is best known for the theory of punctuated equilibrium, which proposes that evolution of species is not a slow, gradual process of change, but in fact consists of long periods of stability broken by shorter periods of rapid change.

May 24, 2002 · The Museum mourns the death of Stephen Jay Gould, among the most influential paleontologists and evolutionary biologists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Feb 21, 2019 · Stephen Jay Gould died on May 20, 2002, a profound loss to Harvard and the world at large. He is survived by Jesse and Ethan Gould, children by his first marriage to the former Deborah Lee, and by his second wife, Rhonda Roland Shearer.