A biographical sketch is an account of the life and activities of an individual. It includes
information about the person’s name, place of residence, education, occupation, life and
activities and other important details. It is written by another person. If a person writes an
account of his/her own life, it is called an autobiography.
Given below in the table is the biographical information about Stephen Hawking.
Based on this information write a biographical sketch.
| Points to be covered |
Details of the person |
| Date and place of birth |
January 8,1942, Oxford, England |
| Information about the family |
- Eldest one of four sons
- Mother: Isobel Hawking
- Father: Frank Hawking, a medical researcher with
a speciality in tropical diseases
|
| Important events in life |
- Early academic life: recognized as a bright student
- High school years: third from the bottom of his class
- Pursuits outside of school: loved board games,
constructed a computer out of recycled parts at the
age of 16, solved rudimentary mathematical
equations
- Marriage: married Jane Wilde
- Health: Suffered from Amyotrophic Lateral
Sclerosis
- Research: on black holes
- Discovery: Hawking Radiation
|
| Awards, prizes, honours |
- Fellow of the Royal Society at the age of 32
- Albert Einstein Award.
- The Pius XI- Gold Medal for Science from Pope
Paul VI in 1975
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| Contribution to his field and society |
- Contributed to the advancement of science and research
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