Dr. Stephen Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was 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. Professor Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. He was a vigorous supporter of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

1. Professor Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford, Oxfordshire to Frank (1905–1986) and Isobel Hawking (nee Walker; 1915–2013).
2. Professor Hawking became a member of the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge in 1968 and the discoveries of the cosmologist, Roger Penrose, on black hole really fascinated him as he himself was working on the phenomena that began the Universe.
3. In 1970, Professor Hawking discovered the second law of black hole dynamics, that the event horizon of a black hole can never get smaller.
4. Professor Hawking proposed the Four laws of Black Hole Mechanics, along with, James M. Bardeen and Brandon Carter.
5. In 1975 Professor Hawking was awarded the Eddington Medal and the Pius XI Gold Medal, followed by the Dannie Heineman Prize, the Maxwell Prize, etc.
6. In 1977 Professor Hawking was appointed as a professor with a chair in gravitational physics and received the Albert Einstein Medal and an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford .

1. Professor Hawking became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1982 and since then, he has been honored with the highest degree awards like - the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Paul Dirac Medal, etc.
2. Professor Hawking was named a Companion of Honor by Her Highness, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, the Copley Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Russian Fundamental Physics Prize, etc.
3. Other honors include - The Wolf Prize.

Professor Hawking had published many books tackling the fundamental questions about the universe and our existence. Professor Hawking had also published many scientific papers and lecture notes.