Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.

American astronomer

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1941

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: astronomer, physicist, astrophysicist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.
(born March 29, 1941) is an American astrophysicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Russell Alan Hulse of a "new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation."