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Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge.[6][17][18] Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world
ACHEIVEMENTS: Devising a cosmology that married the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics. Advancing our understanding of black holes. Proposing Hawking Radiation, which is associated with his name. Being an environmental advocate, particularly for addressing climate change.
THE BIG BANG THEORY
Hawking proposed the first description of what we now know as the Big Bang: somewhere, at the earliest edges of time, the universe began as a single point of infinitely small, massively dense space-time — a "singularity," as Hawking described it.