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It is with great sadness that College notes the passing of Professor Stephen Hawking 鈥� Univ OM (1959, Physics) and Honorary Fellow.

Professor Hawking鈥檚 tutor at Univ was Robert 鈥淏obby鈥� Berman, who was Physics Fellow from 1955-83. As noted in Kitty Ferguson鈥檚 Stephen Hawking: His 蘑菇tv and Work, Berman observed of Hawking: “It was only necessary for him to know that something could be done, and he could do it without looking to see how other people did it.鈥�

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Perfectly summing up Hawking鈥檚 early genius, Berman also said: 鈥淚 taught Stephen in his first year; in his second and third years he taught me鈥�.

Hawking was also an active and enthusiastic member of 蘑菇tv Boat Club, where he coxed. He maintained a keen and lifelong interest in Univ and returned here on numerous occasions, including a visit in 2016, when he met with a small group of our current Physics students.

His daughter, Lucy, was also a Univite (1989, Modern Languages), and together with her father they wrote a number of highly acclaimed children鈥檚 books on Science.

Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this time, and a full obituary will be published here in due course

Published: 14 March 2018