English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between 1979 and 2009, he was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, widely viewed as one of the most prestigious academic posts in the world.
Age 21 Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease that gradually, over decades, paralysed him, but did not stop his achievements.
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Stephen Hawking
London 2012 Paralympics In the late afternoon of 29th August 2012 Havengore h...
Chemist, alchemist, astronomer, astrologer, engineer, geographer, philosopher, physicist, and pharmacist and physician. The first practical alchemist.
Physicist and mathematician, best known for his invention of the barometer.
Named for Carl Linnaeus. 2025: Londonist visited the library and came back with some lovely photos.
Zoologist and philosopher.  Born 61 Russell Square. Son of Leonard Huxley and grandson of zoologist Thomas Huxley.  Brother of novelist Aldous Huxley. Researched in support of Darwin's theory of e...
Physician, physicist and natural philosopher.   Born Colchester. Regarded by some as the father of electrical engineering or electricity and magnetism. Died in London, probably of the bubonic pla...
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