Stephen Hawking
Theoretical physicist and author who transformed black-hole physics and brought cosmology to an enormous public audience while living with motor neurone disease.
Life, work & what’s documented
Stephen Hawking was born 1942-01-08 and died 2018-03-14 at age 76. Theoretical physicist and author who transformed black-hole physics and brought cosmology to an enormous public audience while living with motor neurone disease. A major cosmologist who made black holes and fundamental physics accessible to a mass audience.
Why They’re Fucking Awesome
A major cosmologist who made black holes and fundamental physics accessible to a mass audience.
Essential works: Hawking radiation · A Brief History of Time · singularity theorems
Meaningful connections
- ScienceContributed To / Stephen Hawking contributed to theoretical physics and public understanding of science.Relationship source / confidence: high
Positive impact
His public life demonstrated that disability does not preclude scientific achievement; frame this without inspiration-porn language and center his own account.
Evidence and disposition
Celebrate documented work and impact. Do not imply the scoped search proves an absence of controversy or harm.
Context is not destiny
Born 1942-01-08; died 2018-03-14; age at death 76. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.
Death context: Stephen Hawking died on 2018-03-14 at age 76. This profile states only the sourced date and age until a reviewed cause or circumstance source is attached.
Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.
The cosmic file
No reliable birth time was established in this review, so the profile uses an astrology exemption and presents no Ascendant or houses.
Birth-data confidence: no reliable time verified in this pass; No claim made beyond calendar-date sun sign already present in the prior pack.; Do not calculate or publish houses, Moon, or ascendant until a rated time source is reviewed.. Astrology is interpretive and is never medical prediction. A rising-sign link requires reviewed AA, A or B-rated birth-time evidence without an uncertainty qualifier.
Sources & provenance
- Wikidata item Q17714Wikidata / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: mediumSource ID stephen-hawking:discovery_index:1. Verification: identity_discovery_only. Claims: identity.
- Official website candidateOfficial site / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID stephen-hawking:official_site_candidate:2. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: career summary, official legacy.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: highSource ID stephen-hawking:reference_candidate:3. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: identity, vital dates, career summary.
- Stephen Hawking Estate biographyStephen Hawking Estate / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID stephen-hawking:first-person:1. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: good deed or positive legacy, legacy treatment.
Official links
- Official siteOfficial Site
- Stephen Hawking EstateEstate
Batch adw-publication-batch-2026-08-26-01. Research package completeness 96/100. Claims are linked to the source IDs retained in source notes.
Research last updated 2026-08-26.
Portrait provenance
Stephen Hawking photo by NASA; Original. Source (StarChild Learning Center). Archived directory listing at the Wayback Machine.; Public domain.
Exact source file · Public domain · Retrieved 2026-08-27.
Editorial identification only. No endorsement is implied.