Gerald Hawkins
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1928 – 2003
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Who was Gerald Hawkins?
Gerald Stanley Hawkins was an English astronomer and author most famous for his work in the field of archaeoastronomy. A professor and chair of the astronomy department at Boston University in the United States, in 1965 he published an analysis of Stonehenge in which he was the first to propose its purpose as an ancient astronomical observatory used to predict movements of sun and stars. Archaeologists and other scholars have since demonstrated such sophisticated, complex planning and construction at other prehistoric earthwork sites, such as Cahokia in the United States.
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- Born
- Apr 20, 1928
Great Yarmouth - Also known as
- Gerald S. Hawkins
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Manchester
- Employment
- Boston University
- Died
- May 26, 2003
Virginia
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on July 23, 2013
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