Stephen William Hawking Biography 

Stephen William Hawking Biography 

 Noted scientist Stephen Hawking has contributed greatly in the field of science. Stephen Hawking's life was fraught with difficulties from the beginning, but he still fulfilled his dream of becoming a scientist and made countless contributions to the field of science. Due to his contribution, many such things were discovered that hardly anyone had imagined before.

Some important information related to Stephen Hawking.

Full Name- Stephen William Hawking

Place of birth -Cambridge, England

Birth date- January 8, 1942

Date of death -14 March 2018 (76 years)

Place of death- Cambridge, United Kingdom

Profession- Cosmologist, Author

Father's name - Frank Hawking

Mother's name- Isobel Hawking

Wife's name- Jane Wilde (years 1965–1995), 

                       Elaine Mason (years 1995-2016)

Total children-3

Total assets- $ 20 million

IQ Level- 160

 

Stephen Hawking birth and family details

Stephen Hawking was born in England in 1942. At the time Hawking was born, World War II was going on in the world. Stephen Hawking's mother and father used to live in North London. But due to this war, he had to change his house and he came to live in a safe place in London.

Stephen's father worked as a medical researcher, named Frank. At the same time, his mother's name was Isobel and who worked as a secretary in the Medical Research Institute. Hawking's parents met while working at the Medical Research Institute. After which they got married and had a total of four children. Whose names were Stephen, Philippa, Mary and Edward. Edward was his adopted son.

Stephen Hawking’s education

When Stephen was eight years old, his family moved to St. Albans, and Stephen was enrolled in a school here. After completing his schooling, Stephen enrolled at the University of Oxford and here he studied Physics. When he was enrolled in this university, he was just 17 years of age.

It is said that Stephen was interested in mathematics and wanted to pursue his studies in this subject. But at that time this subject did not exist in Oxford University. Due to which he had to choose the subject of Physics.

After completing his first class degree in Physics, he did his further studies from Cambridge University. In 1962, he conducted research on cosmology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physical (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge.

Stephen Hawking Disease worsened in the year 1963

Stephen Hawking was living his life like ordinary people but in the year 1963, his health started deteriorating. At 21, Stephen's father took him to the hospital after seeing his condition deteriorating and he was examined and it was found that Stephen had a disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Due to this disease, parts of the body gradually stop functioning and there is no cure for this disease. When Stephen was diagnosed with the disease, he was studying at Cambridge University. But he did not let his illness come between his dreams. Despite being ill, he completed his studies and in 1965, he obtained his PhD. His thesis was titled 'Properties of Expanding Universe' in PhD.

Stephen Hawking Wife

The year Stephen came to know about his illness, the same year he met his first wife, Jane Wilde. Jane supported him in this bad time of Hawking, and they got married in 1965. Jane and Hönkig had a total of three children and are named Robert, Lucy and Timothy.

Hawking's marriage lasted for 30 years and in 1995, Jane and Hawking divorced. After getting divorced, Hawking married Elaine Mason and in 1995, the marriage lasted until 2016.

Stephen Hawking career

Even after completing his studies from Cambridge, Hawking remained attached to this college and he worked here as a researcher. He served as an assistant researcher at DAMTP in 1972 and during this time he wrote his first academic book, 'The Lazy Scale Structure of Space-Time'. After working here for some time, he was included in the Royal Society (Fellowship) in the year 1974. After which he also worked as Gravity Physics Reader in DAMTP in 1975 and also served as Professor of Gravity Physics in 1977. In view of his work, in 1979, he was appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, which is the most famous Academy post in the world and he held this position till 2006.

Stephen Hawking Awards and Achievements

Professor Stephen Hawking has a total of thirteen (13) honorary degrees. At the same time, he has been given many awards for his contribution and the information about the awards given to him so far is given below-

• In 1966, Stephen Hawking was given the Adams Award. After this award, he received the Eddington Medal in 1975 and the Maxwell Medal and Prize in 1976.

• The 1976 Heineman Prize was awarded to Hawking in the year 1976. After receiving this award, he was awarded another award in the year 1978 and the award was named Albert Einstein Medal.

• In 1985, Hawking was also awarded the RAS Gold Medal and the 1987 Dirac Medal of the Institute of Physical. After this, in 1988, this great scientist was also given the Wolf Award.

• Hawking was also named the Prince of Asturias Award in 1989. Shortly after receiving this award, he was also given the Andrew Gement Award (1998), Naylor Award and Lectureship (1999).
• The next award he received in the year 1999 was named Lilienfeld Prize and he was also awarded the Albert Medal this year by the Royal Society of Art.

• Apart from the awards mentioned above, he has also been awarded the Copley Medal (2006), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009), Fundamental Physics Prize (2012) and BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015).

Stephen Hawking Work and Discoveries

• Professor Stephen Hawking has done many research on the basic law governing the universe. Hawking did a research with his partner Roger Penrose and told the world that space and time began with the birth of the universe and would end within a black hole.

• Using Einstein's Theory of Relativity and Quantum Theory, Hawking also determined that black holes are not completely cool but emit radiation.

• Apart from this, Hawking also proposed that there is no limit to the universe and with the help of science it can also be found out when and how the universe was started.

Stephen Hawking Books

Stephen Hawking has also written many books during his life time and this book has been written about space itself. Below we have given information about some books written by him-

'A Brief History of Time' - The first book written by Hawking was titled 'A Brief History of Time'. This book was based on the subject of Big Bang and Black Hole and published in 1988, this book is available in 40 languages.

'The Universe in a Nutshell' - This book was published in 2001 and the book written by Hawking received the Aventis Price of Science Books in 2002.

"The Grand Design" - The book "The Grand Design" written by Hawking was published in the year 2010 and this book also gave information related to space. This book was also proved to be a very successful book.

'Black Hole and Baby Universe' - This book came out in the year 1993 and this book contained the essays and lectures written by Hawking related to the black hole. In addition, Hawking also wrote a book for children. Whose name was "George and the Big Bang" and this book came out in the year 2011.

Stephen Hawking Quotes

Life will be unfortunate if it is not full of strange and interesting.

If you will always be angry and keep cursing, no one will have time for you

The goal of my life is very easy and this goal is to understand this universe and find out why it is like this and why it is there.

Ignorance is not the enemy, while enemies are illusions that say that you know everything.

Movie On Stephen Hawking’s Life

In 2014, a movie was made on them, titled "The Theory of Everything". The struggle of his life was shown in this film and it was told how he had fulfilled his dreams.

Stephen Hawking Net Worth

Stephen Hawking has a house of his own in the city of Cambridge, England and currently has a total of $ 20 million in assets. He has earned these assets through his works, awards and books.

Stephen Hawking dies (Death Reason) at aged 76)

Hawking had been ill for a long time. Due to amiotrophic lateral sclerosis disease, he has spent nearly 53 years of his life in a wheel chair. At the same time, on 14 March, this great scientist took his last breath in England and took farewell from this world. But the contributions made by him in the scientific will never be forgotten.