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Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author

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born
1942
died
2018
age at death
76
known for
theoretical physicist, cosmologist, writer

1942 – 2018

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Stephen William Hawking was an English theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.

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