Born name

Stephen William Hawking

nickname

Stephen

Alter

Stephen was born on January 8, 1942.

Died

Stephen Hawking died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76 at his home in Cambridge, England, UK. The report was written by a family spokesman.

Sun sign

Capricorn

Place of birth

Oxford, England, UK

nationality

training

Stephen Hawking began his schooling at Byron House School . When his family moved to St Albans, eight-year-old Stephen had to attend St Albans Grammar School for girls for a few months. He then transferred to St Albans School .

In October 1959 Stephen entered University College, Oxford to study mathematics and graduated with a first class BA (Hons.) in Science.

In 1962 he moved to Trinity Hall, Cambridge to begin his PhD. Stephen wrote his doctoral thesis in 1965 and received his PhD. Graduated in March 1966. His degree was Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics with specializations in General Relativity and Cosmology.

occupation

Theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, director of the research institute

family

• Father – Frank Hawking (Medical Researcher)
• Mother – Isobel Hawking (Secretary)
• Siblings – Philippa Hawking (Younger Sister), Mary Hawking (Younger Sister), Edward Hawking (Adopted Brother)

Manager

He didn’t have a manager.

Felder

General relativity, quantum gravity

Build

Slim

Height

5 feet 6½ inches or 169 cm

weight

61 kg or 134.5 pounds

girlfriend/spouse

Stephen Hawking dated –

1. Jane Wilde(1964-1995) – Stephen Hawking met Jane Wilde (later author and educator), who was his sister’s boyfriend, shortly after he was diagnosed with motor neuron disease. Stephen was a graduate student at Cambridge at the time. In October 1964 they became engaged and it was this engagement that gave Stephen the will to live. They married in July 1965. The couple had three children, son Robert (born May 1967), daughter Lucy (born 1970) and son Timothy (born 1979). By the mid-1980s, Jane had developed romantic feelings for organist Jonathan Hellyer Jones, whom she had met in a church choir. Hawking allowed this affair as long as Jane still loved him. Meanwhile, Stephen had developed affection for one of his nurses, Elaine Mason, and told Jane in 1990 that that he would leave her for Mason. Their divorce was finalized in 1995. However, Stephen became closer to Jane after his divorce from Mason.
2. Elaine Mason (1995-2006) – Hawking grew up close to his nurse Elaine Mason in the late 1980s. Stephen informed his first wife, Jane, that he wanted to marry Elaine and married Elaine in 1995, a few months after his divorce from Jane. In the early 2000s, Stephen’s family members were concerned that he might be subject to physical abuse. However, the police investigation came to nothing as Stephen refused to make official complaints. Later, his family members and close friends were excluded from his life. Stephen eventually divorced Mason in 2006.

race/ethnicity

White

He was of Scottish descent on his mother’s side.

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

Blau

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• ALS-Induced Paralytic Disorder
• His high-tech wheelchair

measurements

His body specifications such as chest, waist, and biceps measurements are unknown.

shoe size

unknown

brand promotion

In 2016, Stephen Hawking starred in a cool James Bond-type TV commercial for auto giant Jaguar for their F-Pace car.

Religion

Atheist

Known for

• His paralytic disorder that bound him to a wheelchair.
• His bestseller, A Brief History of Time.

first movie

Stephen Hawking has appeared in many TV movies and documentaries.

His first feature film was comedy thriller Big Nothing in 2006 as Professor Stephen Hawking (Special Thanks).

First TV show

As an actor, Stephen’s first television appearance was in 1993’s Star Trek: The Next Generation as himself in just 1 episode.

Personal trainer

Stephen did not exercise during his lifetime and his diet plan was never known.

Stephen Hawking favorite things

His favorite things were never known.

Stephen Hawking Facts

1. While at school, Stephen, along with his close friends and under the guidance of a math teacher, built a computer from old telephone exchanges, clock parts and recycled components.
2. Stephen Hawking traveled to Iran with a close friend after completing his studies and before starting his PhD.
3. Hawking was diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21 and initially doctors said he would only live two years.
4. In 1985, during a visit to CERN, Hawking developed extreme pneumonia and his condition was so bad that doctors asked his wife if they should turn off the life support system at the hospital.
5. After he contracted pneumonia in 1985, doctors were forced to perform a tracheotomy that completely removed his already fading speech.
6. Stephen Hawking is one of the few Brits to win the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the US government’s highest civilian honor.
7. Stephen Hawking had collaborated with his daughter Lucy to write a series of children’s books about the scientific adventures of a group of friends.
8. His first book, A Brief History of Time was published in 1988 and remained on the London Sunday Times bestseller list for more than 4 years.
9. He relied on the movement of a single cheek muscle to generate words through the speech generation engine, which uses mechanism similar to the mechanism used by smartphones to guess words and phrases.
10. In 2002 Hawking was ranked 25th on the list of the ‘100 Greatest Britons’ by the BBC via online poll.
11. Visit his official website @ hawking.org.uk.
12. Connect with Stephen on Facebook.