Stephen Jay Gould was born on September 10, 1941 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for 3-2-1 Contact (1980), Cosmos (1980) and Evolution (2002). He was married to Deborah Lee and Rhonda Roland Shearer. He died on May 20, 2002 in New York City, New York, USA.
Achieved popular renown unprecedented among scientific peers,
exemplified by his depiction on "The Simpsons."
Professor of evolutionary biology at Harvard University
Two months before death, Harvard University Press published his
1,433-page "The Structure of Evolutionary Theory", the product of over
30 years of research, which synthesizes Darwinian theories with his own
views of macroevolutionary.
Son of court stenographer Leonard Gould and Eleanor Gould, artist and
entrepreneur.
Graduate of Jamaica High School, with BS in biology from Antioch
College, Ohio, 1963, and Ph.D in paleontology from Columbia University,
1967.