Famous astronomers- stephen hawking

Stephan hawking was born on the 8th of January 1942. He is still alive today aged 71. He was born in Oxford. He mother was Isobel Hawking and father was Frank Hawking. He has two sisters, Phillipa and Mary and an adopted brother, Edward. He went to Oxford university in 1959. He was diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21 and given 2 years to live. 

He got married to Jane Wilde and had two sons, Robert in 1969 and timothy in 1979.He also has a daughter called Lucy born in 1970. His discoveries include Hawking radiation and singularity Theorems. He has won many awards such as the Albert Einstein award, Copley medal, the Wolf prize and many more. 

He has published a few books such as a brief history of time. 

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