Biography Of Stephen Hawking

 Stephen William Hawking or as we know Stephen Hawking, was born on January 8, 1942, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England and died on March 14, 2018, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, English theoretical physicist whose theory of exploding black holes drew upon both relativity theory and quantum mechanics. He also worked with space-time singularities.

Hawking studied physics at University College, Oxford  and Trinity Hall, Cambridge . In the early 1960s Hawking contracted amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable disease. He continued to work despite having the disease’s progressively disabling effects.

Hawking’s contributions to physics earned him many  honors.. He became professor of gravitational physics at Cambridge in 1977,  Hawking was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1982 and a Companion of Honor in 1989. He also received the Copley Medal from the Royal Society in 2006 and the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.

He died on 14th of March 2018, Cambridge, United Kingdom. His family said that he died peacefully.

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