Stephen Hawking Gravesite
188025042 citing westminster abbey westminster city of westminster greater london england.
Stephen hawking gravesite. This is not stephen hawking s funeral it is a celebration of his life. The ashes of the world renowned physicist were interred between isaac newton and charles darwin. Stephen hawking s grave stephen hawking s ashes will be interred at westminster abbey.
Maintained by find a grave. Stephen william hawking ch cbe frs frsa 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 at the time of his death. The physicist who died today aged 76 wanted a tricky sum called hawking s equation etched onto his grave.
Stephen hawking who has died at 76 said he knew what he wanted on his gravestone. His daughter lucy and first wife jane hawking were among those who laid flowers while a medal created by the stephen hawking foundation was also placed in the grave next to the wooden casket. Stephen hawking laid to rest in westminster abbey memorial service 01 37.
Professor stephen hawking will be interred at westminster abbey next to darwin and newton on 15 june. The interment service of thanksgiving will be attended by family friends colleagues and 1000 members of the public selected by public ballot. He was the lucasian professor of mathematics at the university of cambridge between 1979 and 2009.
Professor stephen hawking could have a very unorthodox epitaph on his headstone. The cambridge professor made clear that he would like what is known as hawking s equation carved onto his grave.
