black hole antedating (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Physicist John Wheeler, age 96, just died.  His NYT obit (among others)
credits him with coining the term "black hole".

OED has 1968.

"'Black Holes' May Be Key to Universe" (Associated Press) _The Hartford
Courant_; Dec 30, 1967; pg. 13A col 1
"The universe, said Dr. John A. Wheeler, may be dotted with "black
holes," the remnants of stars that have collapsed upon themselves,
matter so tightly packed that it no longer can be seen, small pockets of
something that look like nothing."
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