Definition of Sir Fred Hoyle

1. Noun. An English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001).

Exact synonyms: Fred Hoyle, Hoyle
Generic synonyms: Astrophysicist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Fred Hoyle

Sir David's long-beaked echidna
Sir David Alexander Cecil Low
Sir David Bruce
Sir David Low
Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
Sir Edward Elgar
Sir Edward Victor Appleton
Sir Edward William Elgar
Sir Edwin Landseer Luytens
Sir Edwin Lutyens
Sir Ernst Boris Chain
Sir Francis Bacon
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Galton
Sir Fred Hoyle (current term)
Sir Frederick Ashton
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Sir Frederick Grant Banting
Sir Frederick William Herschel
Sir Galahad
Sir Gawain
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson
Sir George Otto Trevelyan
Sir George Paget Thomson
Sir Geraint
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
Sir Harold George Nicolson
Sir Harold Walter Kroto
Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder

Literary usage of Sir Fred Hoyle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Capital (1888)
"Unti the picture clears a little, there is probably no answer to that question. And the latest theories of British astronomers, Sir Fred Hoyle and Professor ..."

2. Mr Brouard's Odyssey by Diana Winsor (2004)
"Then Roger Milward idly remarked: "I recall Sir Fred Hoyle once describing die ring of post-holes around Stonehenge as a kind of computer for predicting the ..."

3. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"Sir Fred Hoyle who first endorsed spontaneous generation, and then changed his mind, went one up on Robert Shapiro. He estimated that the likelihood of ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Sir Fred Hoyle on Dictionary.com!Search for Sir Fred Hoyle on Thesaurus.com!Search for Sir Fred Hoyle on Google!Search for Sir Fred Hoyle on Wikipedia!

Search