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Currently, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. is 83 years, 0 months and 30 days old. Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. will celebrate 84rd birthday on a Saturday 29th of March 2025. Below we countdown to Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Age | 83 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | March 29, 1941 (Philadelphia, PA) |
| Birthday | March 29 |
| Town/City | Philadelphia, PA |
| Nationality | PA |
Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
The co-recipient (with Russell Alan Hulse) of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics, he is famous for his discovery of a new variety of pulsar, a binary pulsar, which he and Hulse named PSR B1913+16.
After obtaining his bachelor's degree in physics from Haverford College and his doctorate in astronomy from Harvard University, he accepted a professorship at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
He taught at Princeton University from 1980 until 2006.
The son of Quakers Joseph and Sylvia Taylor, he spent his early days in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the rest of his youth in Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey. His brother, Harold E. Taylor, also had a career as a Physicist.
He and fellow Physicist Kenneth Wilson are both recipients of the Wolf Prize and the Nobel Prize.
