Stephen Hawking was born on 8 January 1942, in Oxford to Frank and Isobel Eileen Hawking. Hawking’s mother was born into a family of doctors in Glasgow, Scotland.
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His wealthy paternal great-grandfather, from Yorkshire, over-extended himself buying farmland and then went bankrupt in the great agricultural depression during the early 20th century. His paternal great-grandmother saved the family from financial ruin by opening a school in their home.
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Stephen Hawking Children
Stephen Hawking and his wife, Jane Wilde, had three children; Timothy Hawking, Lucy Hawking, and Robert Hawking.
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Meet Timothy Hawking, Lucy Hawking, And Robert Hawking
Robert Hawking, his first child with Jane Hawking, was born in 1967 and is now a software engineer. He reportedly lives in the United States with his family.
Lucy Hawking, the physicist’s only daughter, and second child with Jane Hawking, is an author and journalist who has penned two adult novels and three science-based stories for children, according to her website. Lucy has worked with a number of notable scientists, including her father, on her books.
Timothy Hawking is the scientist’s youngest child.
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