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Stephen Jay Gould

1941 - 2002

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Stephen Jay Gould (; 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. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Jay Gould has received more than 2,169,206 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Stephen Jay Gould is the 174th most popular biologist (down from 134th in 2019), the 1,723rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,405th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Biologist.

Stephen Jay Gould was a paleontologist and evolutionary biologist who was most famous for his theory of punctuated equilibrium. This theory states that evolution is not a gradual process, but rather a series of rapid changes followed by long periods of stability.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Stephen Jay Gould ranks 174 out of 841Before him are Louis Agassiz, Michael Houghton, Temple Grandin, John B. Calhoun, Hans Driesch, and Wilbur Scoville. After him are Edward Tatum, Leland H. Hartwell, Antoine Béchamp, J. B. S. Haldane, Rudolf Vrba, and George Wald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Stephen Jay Gould ranks 109Before him are Hage Geingob, Angelo Scola, Bruce Nauman, Sergio Oliva, Karl Barry Sharpless, and Grace Zabriskie. After him are Florinda Bolkan, Liamine Zéroual, Goh Chok Tong, George Smith, Eduardo Duhalde, and Rached Ghannouchi. Among people deceased in 2002, Stephen Jay Gould ranks 50Before him are Pim Fortuyn, César Milstein, Hildegard Knef, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Sigvard Bernadotte, and María Félix. After him are Yoshio Okada, Henri Verneuil, George Roy Hill, Chico Xavier, Ray Conniff, and Song Hye-rim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Jay Gould ranks 1,723 out of 18,182Before him are Edward Albee (1928), A. L. Kroeber (1876), Angela Bassett (1958), Joe Jackson (1928), Eva Mendes (1974), and Norman Mailer (1923). After him are Juliet Anderson (1938), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Patrick Dempsey (1966), Roger Ebert (1942), Count Basie (1904), and Benjamin Spock (1903).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Stephen Jay Gould ranks 33Before him are Robert Whittaker (1920), J. Michael Bishop (1936), Paul Greengard (1925), Temple Grandin (1947), John B. Calhoun (1917), and Wilbur Scoville (1865). After him are Edward Tatum (1909), Leland H. Hartwell (1939), George Wald (1906), George Smith (1941), Howard Martin Temin (1934), and Jeffrey C. Hall (1945).