Stephen Hawking Age, Wife, Death Cause, Family, Biography & More
Stephen Hawking Age, Wife, Death Cause, Family, Biography & More
| Bio | |
| Real Name | Stephen William Hawking |
| Nickname | Einstein (called in his school) |
| Profession | Theoretical Physicist |
| Fields | Quantum Gravity General Relativity |
| Thesis | Properties of Expanding Universes (1995) |
| Doctoral Advisor | Dennis Sciama (British Physicist) |
| Awards/Achievements | • In 1966, awarded with the Adams Prize. • In 1974, awarded with the FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) • In 1978, awarded with the Albert Einstein Award. • In 1982, awarded with the Order of the British Empire (CBE). • In 1987, awarded with the Dirac Medal. • In 1988, awarded with the Wolf Prize. • In 1989, awarded with the Royal Companion of the Honor (CH). • In 2009, awarded with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. • In 2012, awarded with the Fundamental Physics Prize. • In 2015, awarded with the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award. |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height | in centimeters- 169 cm in meters- 1.69 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 6½” |
| Weight | in Kilograms- 62 kg in Pounds- 137 lbs |
| Eye Colour | Blue |
| Hair Colour | Light Brown |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 8 January 1942 |
| Birth Place | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Date of Death | 14 March 2018 |
| Place of Death | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Age (at the time of death) | 76 Years |
| Death Cause | Chronic illness |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Capricorn |
| Nationality | British |
| Hometown | England, United KIngdom |
| School | Byron House School, Highgate, London St Albans High School for Girls, St Albans Hertfordshire, England Radlett Preparatory School, England St Albans School, Hertfordshire, England |
| College | University College, Oxford, England Trinity Hall, Cambridge, England |
| Educational Qualifications | PhD from Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Family | Father- Frank Hawking (Research Biologist)  Mother- Isobel Hawking (Medical Research Secretary)  Brother- Edward (Adopted) Sisters- Philippa (younger), Mary (younger)  |
| Religion | Atheist |
| Ethnicity | English (father), Scottish (mother) |
| Address | Stephen Hawking University of Cambridge DAMTP Centre for Mathematical Sciences Wilberforce Road Cambridge CB3 0WA UK |
| Hobbies | Reading Science Fictions, Listening to Classical Music, Giving Motivational Lectures |
| Controversies | • In 2010, some hardcore religious extremists found his comment controversial when he declared that his latest work shows there was no creator of universe and further said that Science will explain the beginning of the universe. • In 2013, his decision to boycott Jerusalem Conference sparked controversy in Israel. |
| Favourite Things | |
| Favorite Sports | Rowing |
| Favorite Song | Rod Stewart love ballad "Have I Told You Lately" |
| Favorite Film | Jules and Jim (1962) |
| Girls, Affairs and More | |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Affairs/Girlfriends | Jane Wilde (1963-1995) Elaine Mason (1995-2006) |
| Wife | Jane Wilde, Ex-wife (married 14 July 1965-1995)  Elaine Mason , A Nurse, Ex-wife (married September 1995-2006)  |
| Children | Sons- Robert Hawking (born 1967), Timothy Hawking (born 1979) Daughter- check sources (born 1970)  |
| Money Factor | |
| Net Worth | $20 Million (as in 2016) |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Stephen Hawking
Did Stephen Hawking smoke?: Not Known
Did Stephen Hawking drink alcohol?: Not Known
He was born in Oxford, England (almost 300 years after the death of Galileo).
During the 2nd World War, his parents moved from North London to Oxford as it was considered a safer place to have babies.
When Stephen was 8 years old, his family moved to a town- St. Albans (20 miles north of London).
Although, he was not brilliant in studies, he was nicknamed as- Einstein in his school.
At the St. Albans High School, he was inspired by his mathematics teacher- Dikran Tahta.
He had a close group of friends at the St. Albans High School & with the help of his mathematics teacher, Dikran Tahta; they built a computer from an old telephone switchboard, clock parts and other recycled components.
Stephen wanted to pursue his academics in Mathematics and his father advised him to study Medicine, however, he chose Physics and Chemistry as at that time it was not possible to read Mathematics at the University College, Oxford.
He was also a part of the rowing team at the University College, Oxford.
He pursued his research in the field of Cosmology at the Cambridge under the guidance of Denis Sciama.
At the Cambridge, Stephen fell in love with Jane Wilde (a friend of his sister) before the diagnosis of his disease.
From 1979 to 2009, he held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
At the age of 21 in 1963, while at the Cambridge, Stephen was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)- a motor neuron disease.
After being diagnosed with ALS, Stephen fell into depression as the doctors predicted that he had only 2 years to live, however, he returned to his work with the encouragement of Denis Sciama.
His physical abilities declined in the late 1960s.
He developed visual methods (including seeing equations in terms of geometry), as he gradually lost the ability to write.
Stephen was considered very humorous and witty colleague.
By 1977, his wife met a Church Choir singer- Jonathan Hellyer Jones who was later romantically involved with her.
By 1980s, Stephen got very close to one of his nurses- Elaine Mason and later married her in September 1995.
Gradually, his speech was also deteriorated and to make communication, he received a computer program- Equalizer from Walter Woltsoz (CEO of Words Plus) in 1986.
In 2005, he gradually lost the use of his hands and started controlling his communication devices with the movements of his cheek muscles (with a rate of 1 word/minute).
Stephen incorporated with Intel researchers on systems that could translate his facial expressions and brain patterns into switch activations & finally settled on a word predictor made by- Swiftkey (a London Based Startup).
In 2009, he lost control over his wheelchair independently and now researchers are working on a method to drive his wheelchair on his chin movements.
Stephen Hawking has published a number of books including The Universe in a Nutshell (2001) and A Brief History of Time (2005).
In 2007, he experienced weightlessness in a zero-gravity flight.
On 12 August 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama presented him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the Blue Room of White House.
A number of feature films have been made on his life including The Theory of Everything (2014) in which Eddie Redmayne played his role and won Academy Award for Best Actor.
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