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Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:08 AM
Subject: Controversial astronomer Hoyle dies at 86 - Ananova Alerting
> The astronomer and science-fiction writer Professor Sir Fred Hoyle has
died.
>
> The 86-year-old was best known for his book A for Andromeda and for
outraging his fellow scholars.
>
> He picked up a string of awards and served for a period as president of
the Royal Astronomical Society.
>
> He provoked amazement among scientists for his work with Professor Chandra
Wickramasinghe, claiming that Darwin's theory of evolution was wrong and
that influenza epidemics came from space.
>
> Confirming Prof Hoyle's death Prof Wickramasinghe, head of mathematics at
University College, Wales, has paid tribute to a "distinguished" scientist.
>
> "He has changed the way that we think of the universe more profoundly than
any other astronomer in the last century," he said.
>
> He said Prof Hoyle suffered a stroke three weeks ago.
>
> Born on June 24 1915, at Bingley in Yorkshire, Prof Hoyle was made a
Fellow of the Royal Society in 1957 and knighted in 1972. He served as
president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1971-3.
>
> Prof Hoyle crossed the boundary between fact and fiction, writing A for
Andromeda in 1962 which was turned into a television series.
>
> Most recently he had served with Prof Wickramasinghe as an honorary
professor at the University College, Wales, within the applied mathematics
and astronomy department.
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