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English theoretical physicist (–)

Stephen William Hawking (8 January &#;– 14 March ) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.^[6][17][18] Between and , he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.^[19]

Hawking was born in Oxford into a family of physicians.

In October , at the age of 17, he began his university education at University College, Oxford, where he received a first-classBA degree in physics. In October , he began his graduate work at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where, in March , he obtained his PhD in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, specialising in general relativity and cosmology.

In , at age 21, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease that gradu