He was died peacefully in his house in Cambridge. He was one of the world's great scientist. His was 76 year old.
Prof. Hawkings was a British scientist famed for his research on black holes and also for his books like "A Brife History of time".
Earlier when he was around 21 years old doctor has said that he has left few years in his life due to diagnosed with a rare form of motor neuron disease.
This illness has left him on wheelchair and he can hardly speak. But he continued speaking with the help of vocie synthesiser.
In a statement his children, Lucy, Robert and Tim, said: "We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today.
"He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years."
They praised his "courage and persistence" and said his "brilliance and humour" inspired people across the world.
"He once said, "It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love." We will miss him forever."
Prof Hawking was the first to set out a theory of cosmology as a union of relativity and quantum mechanics.
He also discovered that black holes leak energy and fade to nothing - a phenomenon that would later become known as Hawking radiation.
Prof. Hawkings was also famous outside of his academic. He has appeared in many TV series like The Simpsons, Red Dwarf and The Big Bang Theory.
Life-Info
- Born 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England
- Earned place at Oxford University to read natural science in 1959, before studying for his PhD at Cambridge
- By 1963, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and given two years to live
- Outlined his theory that black holes emit "Hawking radiation" in 1974
- In 1979, he became the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge - a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton
- Published his book A Brief History of Time in 1988, which has sold more than 10 million copies
- In the late 1990s, he was reportedly offered a knighthood, but 10 years later revealed he had turned it down over issues with the government's funding for science
Last-Things
We will miss you Prof. Stephen Hawkings
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