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jan 08 Learn More Stephen Hawking Born


Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking was born on this day in 1942. He's one of a handful of Brits that have said "Uh, thanks, but no thanks" to the offer of knighthood. He's joined by the likes of David Bowie, George Bernard Shaw, Danny Boyle, Rudyard Kipling, and both the real T.E. Lawrence and the cinematic T.E. Lawrence, Peter O'Toole. Use Shmoop's AP® Physics prep, and you, too, can deny knighthood.

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