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Stephen Jay Gould (/ ɡ uː l d / 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]
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. Gould was an award-winning book author of extraordinary fecundity.
Gould lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children, Jesse and Ethan. He was a talented singer, with a love for Gilbert and Sullivan operettas (romantic, comic operas). His love of life was evident in The Flamingo's Smile: "I could not dent the richness in a hundred lifetimes, but I simply must have a look at a few more of ...
Sep 18, 2015 · Jay had several children and, among them, they married a Tallyrand, a Baron Decies, and a Drexel. Jay’s oldest son, George, inherited the family fortune.
- Ester Bloom
Stephen Jay Gould, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Geology at Harvard University, Curator for Invertebrate Palaeontology at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology and Vincent Astor Visiting Professor of Biology at New York University, died in May 2002 after a 20-year battle with cancer.
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.
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Dec 17, 2008 · Stephen Jay Gould's idea of evolution by bursts was controversial. But it gave the field of palaeontology a long-overdue boost, explains Steve Jones.
