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Stephen William Hawking (8 January  – 14 March ) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author. At the time of his death, he was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.

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Between and , he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.

Early life

Family

Hawking was born on 8 January in Oxford to Frank and Isobel Eileen Hawking (née Walker).

Both parents attended the University of Oxford, where Frank read medicine and Isobel read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Isobel worked as a secretary for a medical research institute, and Frank was a medical researcher.

Hawking had two younger sisters, Philippa and Mary, and an adopted brother, Edward Frank David (–).

In , when Hawking's father became head of the division of parasitology at the National Institute for Medical Research, the