When was Stephen Hawking born and where did he grow up?
Stephen William Hawking was born on the 8th of January 1942 in Oxford to Frank and Isobel Eileen Hawking. The family moved to St Albans in Hertfordshire when Stephen was eight years old.
Questions about Stephen Hawking
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What scientific theories is Stephen Hawking famous for developing?
Hawking collaborated with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems within the framework of general relativity starting in 1963. He presented findings from 1974 proving black holes emit radiation now known as Hawking radiation which suggests they might eventually evaporate completely.
How long did Stephen Hawking live after his motor neurone disease diagnosis?
Doctors diagnosed Hawking with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease at age twenty-one in 1963. They gave him a life expectancy of only two years yet he lived more than fifty years beyond that prediction.
Who wrote A Brief History of Time and when was it published?
A first draft completed in 1984 became A Brief History of Time published in April 1988 in the US and June in the UK. As of 2009 it had sold an estimated nine million copies translated into many languages.
When did Stephen Hawking die and where were his ashes interred?
Stephen Hawking died peacefully at home in Cambridge on the 14th of March 2018 at age seventy-six. A service of thanksgiving held at Westminster Abbey on the 15th of June 2018 interred ashes between graves of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.