Background
III, J. Richard Gott was born on February 8, 1947 in Louisville. Son of J. Richard and Marjorie (Crosby) G.
III, J. Richard Gott was born on February 8, 1947 in Louisville. Son of J. Richard and Marjorie (Crosby) G.
AB summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1973.
Postdoctoral fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1973-1974; visiting fellow, Cambridge U., England, 1975; assistant professor astrophysics, Princeton University, 1976-1980; associate professor, Princeton University, 1980-1987; professor, Princeton University, since 1987. Chairman of the judges National Westinghouse Science Talent Search, Washington,1986-. Chairman Hayden Planetarium visiting committee, 1992-1993.
Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Lucy Jennifer Pollard, June 10, 1978. 1 child, Elizabeth.