Stephen Hawking chronological order in the timeline, activity 2
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Stephen Hawking, in full Stephen William Hawking, (born January 8, 1942, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England—died March 14, 2018, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire), English theoretical physicist whose theory of exploding black holes drew upon both relativity theory and quantum mechanics. He also worked with space-time singularities.
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Timeline of Stephen Hawking's Life
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1942- Born on January 8, 1942, in Oxford, England.
1958- Graduated from St. Albans school, where he was a good student. He began attending college at Oxford, where his passion was math.
1959-1962- He attended college at Oxford where his passion was math. He graduated with a first-class honors degree in Natural Science.
1963- Hawking begins school at Cambridge to get his PhD. When he started, symptoms of Lou Gehrig’s disease began. He then was later diagnosed with this disease and was given two to three years to live. He set about making the most of it.
1965- Married his wife, Jane, got his PhD at 23, and started teaching at Cambridge.
1968- At 26, he was in a wheelchair full-time, and he had two children by 27.
1970- Illness worsened, research intensified.
1974- "Hawking Radiation" proved that black holes aren't vacuums and won three awards.
1985- Lost ability to speak, and began using a machine to talk with his finger. When he could no longer move his finger, he used his cheek.
1988- Published A Brief History of Time. (25 million copies have been sold since.) He also won the Wolf Prize for assisting mankind.
1989- Received Prince of Austria’s award for noble discoveries
1994- Gave and interview where he discussed his personal life and black holes.
1995- Divorced first wife, Jane in the spring. Married 2nd wife, Elaine, in September.
2006- Won the Copley Medal of the Royal Society award for outstanding research (Other recipients include Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, and Albert Einstein). Also divorced 2nd wife and grew close to family. Published science book for children with daughter.
2007- Space simulation at Kennedy Space Center “The zero-g part was wonderful and the higher-g part was no problem. I could have gone on and on. Space, here I come!”
2009- Given highest civilian honor award in the US: the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He also published “The Grand Design.” Stephen celebrated 70 years of life, outliving the oldest ALS patients by 36 years.