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Thomas Gold

1920 - 2004

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Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920 – June 22, 2004) was an Austrian-born astrophysicist, who also held British and American citizenship. He was a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the Royal Society (London). Gold was one of three young Cambridge scientists who in 1948 proposed the now mostly abandoned "steady state" hypothesis of the universe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Gold has received more than 272,310 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Thomas Gold is the 239th most popular astronomer (down from 228th in 2019), the 562nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 547th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Thomas Gold ranks 239 out of 644. Before him are Wang Zhenyi, Maximilian Hell, Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Agrippa, Cleostratus, and Johannes Schöner. After him are Guillaume Le Gentil, George Mary Searle, Giovanni Battista Donati, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, Jean Fernel, and Wilhelm von Biela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Thomas Gold ranks 172. Before him are Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Barend Biesheuvel, William Conrad, Eduardo Mondlane, Schubert Gambetta, and Roberto M. Levingston. After him are Fons Rademakers, Knut Nordahl, Ronald Speirs, Vlastimil Brodský, Anselmo Duarte, and Mahendra of Nepal. Among people deceased in 2004, Thomas Gold ranks 111. Before him are Artie Shaw, Alexandra Ripley, Fay Wray, Paul Winfield, Ann Miller, and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. After him are Franz König, Hussein al-Houthi, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Daouda Malam Wanké, Muhammad Zaidan, and Briek Schotte.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Thomas Gold ranks 562 out of 1,424. Before him are Karl Koller (1929), Erich von Hornbostel (1877), Ulrich Seidl (1952), Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau (1813), Georg Rafael Donner (1693), and Franziska Donner (1900). After him are Conchita Wurst (1988), Franz König (1905), Natascha Kampusch (1988), Josef Klaus (1910), Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (1882), and Heimito von Doderer (1896).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Austria

Among astronomers born in Austria, Thomas Gold ranks 1. After him are Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924), and Maurice Loewy (1833).

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