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Early Life
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on January 8, 1942. Hein a highly educated family. Stephen enjoyed math and science in school where he earned the nickname “Einstein.” He wanted to study math at university but Oxford didn't have a math at the time so he chose physics and chemistry instead. Stephen found college coursework to be very easy. He enjoyed being a member of the schools boat club classical music. In October 1962 he started his graduate course at Trinity Hall. It was at this time that his illness started to show up. His speech became unclear and he became very clumsy, often dropping or falling for no reason. However, he finished his PhD and wrote about black holes in his graduation paper.
