Biography
Full Name: Stephen William Hawking
Pet Name: Stephen Hawking
Date of Birth: 8 January 1942 (Age 73)
Born Place: Oxford, England
Spouses: Jane Wilde Hawking (m. 1965; div. 1995)
Elaine Mason (m. 1995; div. 2006)
Children: Robert (b. 1967)
Lucy (b. 1970)
Timothy (b. 1979)
Residence: United Kingdom
Nationality: UK
Citizenship: British
Institute: University of Cambridge
California Institute of Technology
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Alma mater: University of Oxford (BA)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
Thesis : Properties of Expanding Universes (1965)
Known For: Hawking radiation
Penrose–Hawking theorems
A Brief History of Time (1988)
Awards: Adams Prize (1966)
FRS (1974)
Eddington Medal (1975)
Maxwell Medal and Prize (1976)
Heineman Prize (1976)
Hughes Medal (1976)
Albert Einstein Award (1978)
CBE (1982)
RAS Gold Medal (1985)
Dirac Medal (1987)
Wolf Prize (1988) CH (1989)
Prince of Asturias Award (1989)
Andrew Gemant Award (1998)
Naylor Prize and Lectureship (1999)
Lilienfeld Prize (1999)
Albert Medal (Royal Society of Arts) (1999)
Copley Medal (2006)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)
Fundamental Physics Prize (2012)
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Biography
Stephen Hawking Biography
Full Name: Stephen William Hawking
Pet Name: Stephen Hawking
Date of Birth: 8 January 1942 (Age 73)
Born Place: Oxford, England
Spouses: Jane Wilde Hawking (m. 1965; div. 1995)
Elaine Mason (m. 1995; div. 2006)
Children: Robert (b. 1967)
Lucy (b. 1970)
Timothy (b. 1979)
Residence: United Kingdom
Nationality: UK
Citizenship: British
Institute: University of Cambridge
California Institute of Technology
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Alma mater: University of Oxford (BA)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
Thesis : Properties of Expanding Universes (1965)
Known For: Hawking radiation
Penrose–Hawking theorems
A Brief History of Time (1988)
Awards: Adams Prize (1966)
FRS (1974)
Eddington Medal (1975)
Maxwell Medal and Prize (1976)
Heineman Prize (1976)
Hughes Medal (1976)
Albert Einstein Award (1978)
CBE (1982)
RAS Gold Medal (1985)
Dirac Medal (1987)
Wolf Prize (1988) CH (1989)
Prince of Asturias Award (1989)
Andrew Gemant Award (1998)
Naylor Prize and Lectureship (1999)
Lilienfeld Prize (1999)
Albert Medal (Royal Society of Arts) (1999)
Copley Medal (2006)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)
Fundamental Physics Prize (2012)
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