Stephen Hawking Tomb Westminster Abbey
The dean of westminster the very reverend dr john hall said today.
Stephen hawking tomb westminster abbey. Charles darwin was buried beside isaac newton in 1882. Sir isaac newton was buried in the abbey in 1727. Stephen hawking s ashes will be interred at westminster abbey.
Henry iii rebuilt westminster abbey in honour of the royal saint edward the confessor whose relics were placed in a shrine in the sanctuary and now lie in a burial vault beneath the 1268 cosmati mosaic pavement in front of the high altar. Westminster abbey pa benedict cumberbatch who played hawking in the 2004 bbc drama took to the. A memorial service for eminent physicist mathematician and author professor stephen hawking ch cbe frs frsa was held at westminster abbey on 15th june 2018.
His first wife jane and two of his children tim and lucy laid flowers. The service was conducted by the very reverend dr john hall dean of westminster who said in his bidding. Stephen hawking laid to rest in westminster abbey memorial service 01 37.
Stephen hawking s ashes were laid under a stone in the nave of westminster abbey. Share this copied. It is entirely fitting that the remains of professor stephen hawking are to be buried in the abbey near those of distinguished fellow scientists.
P rof hawking s interment between newton and darwin marked the first time a well known person has been laid to rest in the abbey since sir laurence olivier 29 years ago and the first scientist. A service of thanksgiving for professor stephen hawking ch cbe frs frsa was held at westminster abbey on friday 15th june 2018 during which his ashes were interred in the nave. Henry iii himself was interred nearby in a superb chest tomb with effigial monument many of the plantagenet kings of england their wives and other.
It may sound and look complex to us but of the equation hawking stated in 2002.
