Did Rindler coin the term "Event Horizon"?

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I'm looking for proof that Wolfgang Rindler coined the term Event Horizon. I believe that it was Rindler because that's what I've heard from reliable sources, e.g.
http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath339/kmath339.htm
Weinberg uses Rindler's definition. In fact, he credits Rindler with having coined the term "event horizon" [and "particle horizon"] in a 1956 paper.

Thank you in advance.
 
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I found out that it was indeed Rindler that coined that term. I think he coined it in his thesis. If anybody is interested in this then I'll get back with the details. Otherwise thanks for your help anyway.
 
atyy said:
Yes, I'd love to know the details if you find out!
So far, as I understand it, it was in his Thesis.
 
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