Question

information about Stephen Hawking

Answer 1

BornStephen William Hawking
8 January 1942
Oxford, England
Died14 March 2018(aged 76)
Cambridge, England
Resting placeWestminster Abbey, Westminster, London
EducationSt Albans School, HertfordshireAlma mater

University of Oxford(BA)University of Cambridge (MA, PhD)

Known for

Hawking radiationA Brief History of TimePenrose–Hawking theoremsBekenstein–Hawking formulaHawking energyGibbons–Hawking ansatzGibbons–Hawking effectGibbons–Hawking spaceGibbons–Hawking–York boundary termThorne–Hawking–Preskill bet

Spouse(s)

Jane Wilde
(m. 1965; div. 1995)

Elaine Mason
(m. 1995; div. 2006)

Children3, including Lucy HawkingAwards

Adams Prize (1966)Eddington Medal(1975)Maxwell Medal and Prize (1976)Heineman Prize(1976)Hughes Medal (1976)Albert Einstein Award(1978)RAS Gold Medal(1985)Dirac Medal (1987)Wolf Prize (1988)Prince of Asturias Award (1989)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)

Answer 2

Professor Stephen William Hawking was born on 8th January 1942 (exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England. His parents' house was in north London but during the second world war Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight his family moved to St. Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At the age of eleven, Stephen went to St. Albans School and then on to University College, Oxford (1952); his father's old college. Stephen wanted to study mathematics although his father would have preferred medicine. Mathematics was not available at University College, so he pursued physics instead. After three years and not very much work, he was awarded a first class honours degree in natural science.