Gerald Hawkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerald Hawkins

British astronomer

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1928

Place of Birth: Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-May-2003

Profession: astronomer, university teacher, anthropologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Gerald Stanley Hawkins (20 April 1928– 26 May 2003) was a British-born American astronomer and author noted for his work in the field of archaeoastronomy.
A professor and chair of the astronomy department at Boston University in the United States, he published in 1965 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.