Quick Facts About Stephen Hawking
- Born
- January 8, 1942
- Died
- March 14, 2018
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Cosmologist
- Notable works
- A Brief History of Time
- Known for
- A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays, The Universe in a Nutshell, On the Shoulders of Giants, God Created the Integers
- Spouse
- Elaine Mason
About Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist and author. He led research at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Theoretical Cosmology and served as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1979 until 2009, a post regarded as one of the world’s most prestigious academic positions.
Awards & Honors
Royal Society Science Books Prize
Order of the British Empire
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Albert Einstein Medal
Copley Medal
Princess of Asturias Awards
Adams Prize
Albert Einstein Award
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Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hughes Medal
Wolf Prize in Physics
Eddington Medal
Order of the Companions of Honour
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
IOP Dirac Medal
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Naylor Prize and Lectureship
Lilienfeld Prize
Maxwell Medal and Prize
Oskar Klein Medal
Marcel Grossmann Award
Andrew Gemant Award
Franklin Medal
Princess of Asturias Award for Concord
Pius XI Medal
NSS Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award
Albert Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Bodley Medal
Fonseca Prize
Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Michelson–Morley Award
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Royal Society
Companion of Honour
The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal
honorary doctor of Harvard University
honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
honorary doctorate from Princeton University
Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
