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March 14, 2018 (76 years old)
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Capricorn
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Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author, and he was a research director at the Center for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge University at the time of his death. He was Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University from 1979 to 2009. Hawking was born in Oxford to a family of doctors. He began his undergraduate studies at University College, Oxford in October 1959 at the age of 17, where he earned a first class physics degree. He began graduate studies at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in October 1962, where he obtained his doctorate in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, majoring in general relativity and cosmology in March. 1966. In 1963, Hawking was diagnosed with early menstrual delay. a progressive, progressive form of motor neuron disease that left him paralyzed for decades.
BornStephen William Hawking, January 08, 1942, Oxford, England
DiedMarch 14, 2018, Cambridge, England
Resting placeWestminster Abbey
FieldsGeneral relativity, Quantum gravity
InstitutionsGonville and Caius College, Cambridge, California Institute of Technology, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
EducationSt Albans School, Hertfordshire
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA), University of Cambridge (PhD)
ThesisProperties of Expanding Universes (1966)
Other academic advisorsRobert Berman
Doctoral studentsBruce Allen, Raphael Bousso, Bernard Carr, Fay Dowker, 64px
Known forHawking radiation, A Brief History of Time, Penrose–Hawking theorems, Black hole information paradox, Micro black hole, Primordial black hole, Chronology protection conjecture, Soft hair (No hair theorem), Bekenstein–Hawking formula, Hawking energy, Hawking-Page phase transition, Gibbons–Hawking ansatz, Gibbons–Hawking effect, Gibbons–Hawking space, Gibbons–Hawking–York boundary term, Hartle–Hawking state, Thorne–Hawking–Preskill bet
Notable awardsAdams Prize (1966), Eddington Medal (1975), Maxwell Medal and Prize (1976), Heineman Prize (1976), Hughes Medal (1976), Albert Einstein Award (1978), Albert Einstein Medal (1979), RAS Gold Medal (1985), Dirac Medal (1987), Wolf Prize (1988), Prince of Asturias Award (1989), Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (1992), Andrew Gemant Award (1998), Naylor Prize and Lectureship (1999), Lilienfeld Prize (1999), Albert Medal (1999), Copley Medal (2006), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009), Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015)
Children3, including Lucy Hawking

About Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking

Physicist Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 in Oxford, England (He dies at the age of 76, on March 14, 2018).

Legendary physicist who is most known for developing a cosmology based on the unification of relativity theory and quantum mechanics. His book A Brief History of Time, published in 1988, spent a record-breaking 237 weeks on the Sunday Times best-sellers list in the United Kingdom.

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Stephen Hawking before becoming famous

Stephen Hawking was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1942 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

Before developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, he was the coxswain for the School Oxford rowing squad.

Achievement of Stephen Hawking

He had ALS, also known as Baseball Player Lou Gehrig's disease, and was almost completely paralyzed, relying on a speech generator to communicate.

Stephen Hawking's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1965, he married Non-Fiction Author Jane Hawking, and in 1995, after their divorce in 1991, he married Elaine Mason. With Jane, he had three children: Robert, Lucy, and Timothy. Philippa and Mary were his younger sisters, and Edward was his adopted brother.

Jane Hawking, 79 (Non-Fiction Author)
Jane Hawking, 79

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Stephen Hawking on Social Media

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He, like Physicist Max Planck, was a recognized lifetime associate of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.

Max Planck (1858 - 1947) (Physicist)
Max Planck (1858 - 1947)

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Stephen Hawking Income & Net worth

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