Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking was a renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist best known for his work on black holes, Hawking radiation, and his popular science book "A Brief History of Time."

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instanceOf author
cosmologist
human
theoretical physicist
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in Physics
PhD in cosmology
awardReceived Albert Einstein Medal
Copley Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Wolf Prize in Physics
causeOfDisability amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
child Lucy Hawking
Robert Hawking
Robert Hawking
surface form: Timothy Hawking
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1942-01-08
dateOfDeath 2018-03-14
diagnosedWith amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
doctoralAdvisor Dennis Sciama
educatedAt Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Oxford
employer Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
endTime 2009 (Lucasian Professorship)
fieldOfWork cosmology
general relativity
quantum gravity
theoretical physics
fullName Stephen Hawking self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stephen William Hawking
knownFor A Brief History of Time
Hawking radiation
popularizing science
singularity theorems
work on black holes
language English
memberOf Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
notableWork A Brief History of Time
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays
The Grand Design
The Universe in a Nutshell
placeOfBirth Oxford
surface form: Oxford, England
placeOfDeath Cambridge, England
positionHeld Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
surface form: Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
religion atheism (self-described)
spouse Elaine Mason
Jane Wilde Hawking
startTime 1979 (Lucasian Professorship)
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Cambridge University hasAlumnus Stephen Hawking
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Royal Society notableMember Stephen Hawking
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Bekenstein–Hawking entropy developedBy Stephen Hawking
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Benedict Cumberbatch notableWork Stephen Hawking
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Wolf Prize in Physics hasLaureate Stephen Hawking
Hughes Medal notableRecipient Stephen Hawking
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Albert Einstein Medal hasRecipient Stephen Hawking
A Brief History of Time author Stephen Hawking
The Universe in a Nutshell author Stephen Hawking
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Robert Hawking appearsIn Stephen Hawking
this entity surface form: The Theory of Everything (as a character based on him)
The Grand Design author Stephen Hawking
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Lucy Hawking coAuthor Stephen Hawking
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Jane Wilde Hawking spouse Stephen Hawking
James M. Bardeen coAuthor Stephen Hawking
Dennis Sciama notableStudent Stephen Hawking
Wolf Foundation hasNotableLaureate Stephen Hawking