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Thomas Gold

1920 - 2004

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Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920 – June 22, 2004) was an Austrian-born American astrophysicist, 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 256,055 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Thomas Gold is the 228th most popular astronomer (up from 237th in 2019), the 549th most popular biography from Austria (up from 559th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Thomas Gold ranks 228 out of 531. Before him are Antonín Mrkos, Walter Lewin, Tamara Smirnova, Milton L. Humason, George Ellery Hale, and Nancy Roman. After him are John Michell, Agrippa, Henri Debehogne, Eleanor F. Helin, James Glaisher, and Adriaan Blaauw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Thomas Gold ranks 166. Before him are Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Philippa Foot, Pran, Knut Nordahl, Marlen Haushofer, and Giuseppe Colombo. After him are James Doohan, Georges Marchais, John Maynard Smith, Richard E. Bellman, Schubert Gambetta, and Stan Ockers. Among people deceased in 2004, Thomas Gold ranks 109. Before him are Carmen Laforet, Walter Frentz, Joe Viterelli, Paul Winfield, Rafael Eitan, and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. After him are John Maynard Smith, Ryszard Kukliński, Hubert Selby Jr., Jozef Lenárt, Lucia Berlin, and José Giovanni.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Thomas Gold ranks 549 out of 1,237. Before him are Ferdinand Fellner (1847), Marlen Haushofer (1920), Josef Klaus (1910), Kazimierz Twardowski (1866), Agnes of Austria (1151), and Natascha Kampusch (1988). After him are Friedrich Koncilia (1948), Christian von Ehrenfels (1859), Gustav Ucicky (1899), Carl Millöcker (1842), Bernhard Wicki (1919), and Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1582).

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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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