Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (died 2002)

Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. He was one of the most influential and widely read authors of popular science of his generation. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In 1996, Gould was hired as the Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology at New York University, after which he divided his time teaching between there and Harvard.

September 10 is the 253rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 112 days remain until the end of the year.