Stephen Hawking's

At-a-Glance

A Fellow of the Royal Society and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Served as Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge
Was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1979 to 2009
Collaborated with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in general relativity
Theoretically predicted that black holes emit radiation, known as Hawking radiation
Authored 'A Brief History of Time,' which was a Sunday Times bestseller for 237 weeks
Obtained his PhD in applied mathematics and theoretical physics from Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Biography

Stephen William Hawking (1942–2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author. He served as the Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge until his death. From 1979 to 2009, he held the prestigious position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Born in Oxford, Hawking began his university education at University College, Oxford, receiving a first-class BA degree in physics.