A timeline of Stephen Hawking's remarkable life

By The Newsroom
Published 14th Mar 2018, 08:24 BST
Updated 14th Mar 2018, 10:47 BST
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Michael Courts, The Conversation and Sarah Keenihan, The Conversation

Acclaimed British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author Stephen Hawking has died aged 76. After being diagnosed at the age of 21, he had lived for more than half a century with motor neurone disease.

A family statement recorded Hawking as saying:

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Michael Courts, Deputy Section Editor: Politics + Society, The Conversation and Sarah Keenihan, Section Editor: Science + Technology, The Conversation

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.