Stephen Hawking

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author cosmologist human theoretical physicist

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."

Aliases (5)

Hawking ×1
Stephen Hawking (honorary doctorate, not student) ×1
Stephen W. Hawking ×1
Stephen William Hawking ×1
The Theory of Everything (as a character based on him) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
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 → Timothy Hawking →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1942-01-08 →
dateOfDeath	2018-03-14 →
diagnosedWith	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis →
doctoralAdvisor	Dennis Sciama →
educatedAt	University of Cambridge → University of Oxford →
employer	University of Cambridge →
endTime	2009 (Lucasian Professorship) →
fieldOfWork	cosmology → general relativity → quantum gravity → theoretical physics →
fullName	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, England →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, England →
positionHeld	Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge →
religion	atheism (self-described) →
spouse	Elaine Mason → Jane Wilde Hawking →
startTime	1979 (Lucasian Professorship) →
used	speech-generating device →

Referenced by (56)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Einstein World Science Award → BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award → Copley Medal → Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics → Eddington Medal → Fundamental Physics Prize → Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society → Harvey Prize → Hughes Medal → Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize → Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal →	notableRecipient
A Brief History of Time → Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays → The Grand Design → The Universe in a Nutshell →	author
Bekenstein–Hawking entropy → Gibbons–Hawking temperature ("Stephen W. Hawking") → Hawking radiation → Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication →	namedAfter
James M. Bardeen → Lucy Hawking → The Grand Design →	coAuthor
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge → Uppsala University ("Stephen Hawking (honorary doctorate, not student)") →	hasNotableAlumnus
Prince of Asturias Award for Concord → Wolf Foundation →	hasNotableLaureate
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge →	affiliatedWith
Robert Hawking ("The Theory of Everything (as a character based on him)") →	appearsIn
Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication →	associatedWith
Cavendish Laboratory →	associatedWithPerson
Roger Penrose →	collaboratedWith
Hawking radiation →	describedBy
Bekenstein–Hawking entropy →	developedBy
Robert Hawking →	father
Stephen Hawking ("Stephen William Hawking") →	fullName
Trinity Hall, Cambridge →	hasAlumni
University of Cambridge →	hasAlumnus
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics →	hasHolder
Wolf Prize in Physics →	hasLaureate
Scientific American →	hasNotableContributor
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge →	hasNotableFellow
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics →	hasNotableHolder
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research →	hasNotableLaureates
Albert Einstein Medal →	hasRecipient
Lucy Hawking →	hasRelative
Lucy Hawking →	isChildOf
Lucy Hawking →	isDaughterOf
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays →	mainCharacter
University of Oxford →	notableAlumni
Royal Society →	notableMember
Dennis Sciama →	notableStudent
Benedict Cumberbatch ("Hawking") →	notableWork
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays →	notableWorkOf
Robert Hawking →	relative
Jane Wilde Hawking →	spouse
The Universe in a Nutshell →	workOf