First Name |
Stephen
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Middle Name |
William
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Last Name |
Hawking
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Full Name at Birth |
Stephen William Hawking
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Alternative Name |
Stephen William Hawking, Stephen Hawking, Professor Stephen Hawking, @stephenhawking (facebook), Dr Stephen Hawking, Stephen Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA, Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA, Einstein (his schoolboy nickname), Prof. Stephen Hawking, Stephen-Hawking-Lucasian-Professor-of-Mathematics-Cambridge-University, Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Cambridge University, Research Fellow at Gonville and Caius College
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Birthday |
8th January, 1942
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Birthplace |
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, U.K.
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Died |
14th March, 2018
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Place of Death |
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, U.K.
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Cause of Death |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (complications)
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Buried |
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London
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Height |
5' 6½" (169 cm)
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Build |
Slim
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Eye Color |
Blue
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Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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Distinctive Feature |
Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset, slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease (MND) that gradually paralysed him over the decades..., His computerized voice box for communicating...
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Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Religion |
Atheist
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
British
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High School |
St. Albans School in Hertfordshire (1952 - 1959), Byron House School in Highgate, London (1946 - ????), St Albans High School for Girls in Hertfordshire (1950 - 1951), Radlett School in Hertfordshire (1951 - 1952)
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Occupation Text |
theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, actor, Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge University
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Occupation |
Physicist
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Claim to Fame |
Book 'A Brief History of Time'
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Brand Endorsement |
Advert: Jaguar autos in the UK in 2016
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Official Websites |
http://hawking.org.uk, www.facebook.com/stephenhawking, http://www.hawking.org.uk
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Mother |
Isobel Eileen Hawking (Walker)
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Pets |
Roger Penrose
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Favorite People |
Dikran Tahta (maths teacher), Robert Berman (Oxford physics tutor), Fred Hoyle (astronomer), Leonard Nimoy, Josef Franz Wagner, Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton, Marilyn Monroe, James Clerk Maxwell
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Favorite TV Shows |
Star Trek, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Monty Python
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Favorite Songs |
Classical Music, Talkin' Hawkin (Pink Floyd)
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Favorite Books |
Science Fiction Books
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Favorite Places |
Iran (post graduation holiday)
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Favorite Accessories |
His computerized voice box for communicating
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Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009.