Stephen Hawking Age, Wiki and Bio

Quick Info

Profession	Theoretical Physicist
Nationality	British
Date of Birth	8/01/1942
Age	76 years (died on 14, Mar, 2018)
Birthplace	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Date of Death	14/03/2018

Bio/Wiki

Real Name	Stephen William Hawking
Nickname	Einstein

Physical Stats & More

Height	5’ 6½”
Weight	62 kg
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Light Brown

Educational Qualification(s)

PhD	Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Personal Life

Date of Death	14 March 2018
Place of Death	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Zodiac Sign	Capricorn
Hometown	England, United Kingdom

Relationships & More

Marital Status

Affairs/Girlfriends

Jane Wilde (1963-1995)
Elaine Mason (1995-2006)

Children

Sons	Robert Hawking (born 1967) Timothy Hawking (born 1979)
Daughter	Lucy Hawking (born 1970)

Family

Father

Frank Hawking (Research Biologist)

Mother

Isobel Hawking (Medical Research Secretary)

Siblings

Brother	Edward (Adopted)
Sisters	Philippa (younger) Mary (younger)

Career

Fields	Quantum Gravity General Relativity
Thesis	Properties of Expanding Universes (1995)
Doctoral Advisor	Dennis Sciama (British Physicist)
Awards/Achievements	Adams Prize (1966) FRS - Fellow of the Royal Society (1974) Albert Einstein Award (1978) Order of the British Empire (CBE) (1982) Dirac Medal (1987) Wolf Prize (1988) Royal Companion of the Honor (CH) (1989) Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) Fundamental Physics Prize (2012) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015)

Favourites

Favorite Sports	Rowing
Favorite Song	Rod Stewart love ballad 'Have I Told You Lately'
Favorite Film	Jules and Jim (1962)

Some Lesser Known Facts

Born in Oxford, England, centuries after Galileo's passing.
Received an ALS diagnosis at 21 in 1963.
Adapted visual approaches for equations due to inability to write.
Authored notable works such as 'The Universe in a Nutshell' and 'A Brief History of Time.'
Had the opportunity to experience weightlessness during a zero-gravity flight in 2007.