STEPHEN HAWKING was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for thirty years, the director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of the Royal Society and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is America's highest civilian honour. He was the author of a number of books including A Brief History of Time which has sold over 13million copies worldwide. At the age of 20 Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and was given two years to live. When he died on14th March 2018, at the age of 76, he was the longest living MND survivor. His battle with the disease was featured in the Oscar-winning film The Theory of Everything.