Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA
Hawking at NASA, 1980s
Born	Stephen William Hawking (1942-01-08) 8 January 1942 (age 75) Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Residence	United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Fields	General relativity Quantum gravity
Institutions	Caius College, Cambridge California Institute of Technology Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Alma mater	University College, Oxford (BA, 1962) Trinity Hall, Cambridge (PhD, 1965)
Thesis	Properties of Expanding Universes (1965)
Doctoral advisor	Dennis Sciama
Other academic advisors	Robert Berman
Doctoral students	Bruce Allen Raphael Bousso Bernard Carr Fay Dowker Gary Gibbons Raymond Laflamme Don Page Malcolm Perry
Known for	Hawking radiation Penrose–Hawking theorems
Notable awards	Adams Prize (1966) FRS (1974) Eddington Medal (1975) Maxwell Medal and Prize (1976) Heineman Prize (1976) Hughes Medal (1976) Albert Einstein Award (1978) CBE (1982) RAS Gold Medal (1985) Dirac Medal (1987) Wolf Prize (1988) CH (1989) Prince of Asturias Award (1989) Andrew Gemant Award (1998) Naylor Prize and Lectureship (1999) Lilienfeld Prize (1999) Albert Medal (Royal Society of Arts) (1999) Copley Medal (2006) Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) Fundamental Physics Prize (2012) FRSA BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2015)
Spouse	Jane Wilde (m. 1965; div. 1995) Elaine Mason (m. 1995; div. 2006)
Children	3, including Lucy Hawking
Website hawking.org.uk

Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA (ⁱ/ˈstiːvən ˈhɔːkɪŋ/; born 8 January 1942) is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. His scientific works include a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set forth a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He is a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.