Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.
American astrophysicist
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Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. is an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation." Wikipedia
Born: March 29, 1941, Philadelphia, PA
Died: May 18, 2007 (age 66 years)
Education: Harvard University, Haverford College, and Moorestown Friends School
Known for: Pulsars, WSJT-X
Notable students: Russell Alan Hulse, David Helfand, Victoria Kaspi, and more
Awards: Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1980), Henry Draper Medal (1985), Magellanic Premium (1990), and more
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