David Meyer on Nostr: Born #onthisday in 1942, Stephen Hawking was, among so many other things, a ...

Born #onthisday in 1942, Stephen Hawking was, among so many other things, a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and at the time of his death, Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge [1].

Between 1979 and 2009 Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, a chair previously held by Isaac Newton, Charles Babbage and Paul Dirac, to name a few [2].

Hawking also had a great cameo on Star Trek:TNG [3]. His ashes are buried in Westminster Abbey, along with Newton, Darwin, Dirac and so many others [4].

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[1] "Stephen Hawking", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking

[2] "Lucasian Professor of Mathematics", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics

[3] "Stephen Hawking’s Star Trek Cameo Remains Historic—and Delightful", https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/stephen-hawking-tv-cameos-guest-roles-simpsons-big-bang-theory-futurama-star-trek

[4] "Ashes of Stephen Hawking buried in the Abbey", https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-news/ashes-of-stephen-hawking-buried-in-the-abbey