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British physicist Stephen Hawking dies aged 76

chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies | Updated: 2018-03-14 11:51
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets Professor Stephen Hawking during Leonard Cheshire Disability reception at St James's Palace, London, Britain, May 29, 2014. [Photo/IC]

1967 — The couple's first son, Robert, is born.

1970 — Jane gives birth to a daughter, Lucy.

1974 — Elected as a fellow of the Royal Society at age 32, one of the youngest people to receive the honor.

Stephen Hawking with former wife Jane Hawking, son Tim Hawking, daughter Lucy Hawking arrive at the British Academy Film Awards, Royal Opera House, London, Britain, Feb 8, 2015. [Photo/IC]

1979 — Becomes Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, a prestigious position once held by Isaac Newton. Hawking holds the post until 2009. Jane gives birth to a third child, Timothy.

1985 — Admitted to a hospital in Geneva with pneumonia. He survives after an operation, but loses what remained of his speech. The next year he begins communicating through the electronic voice synthesizer that gave him his trademark robotic "voice."

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