Stanley Jaki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stanley Jaki

American priest and physicist

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1924

Place of Birth: Győr, Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary

Date of Death: 07-Apr-2009

Profession: writer, physicist, Catholic priest, theologian, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Stanley L.
Jaki (Jáki Szaniszló László) (17 August 1924 in Gyor, Hungary – 7 April 2009 in Madrid, Spain) was a Hungarian-born priest of the Benedictine order.
From 1975 to his death, he was Distinguished University Professor at Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey.
He held doctorates in theology and in physics and was a leading contributor to the philosophy of science and the history of science, particularly to their relationship to Christianity.
In 2018, Jaki was named one of five Catholic scientists "that shaped our understanding of the world" by Aleteia; the other four are: Copernicus, Gregor Mendel, Giuseppe Mercalli and Georges Lemaitre.