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He was born in Oxford, UK.
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After having completed a mediocre high school, he went to university.
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He was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis when he was 21 years. The doctors gave him a short time to live.
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His physical state deteriorated very quickly. He began his work on the General Theory of Relativity in collaboration with Roger Penrose.
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He finished his doctorate and obtained a scholarship at Cambridge first as a researcher and then as a professor.
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He began his research on the creation of the Universe.
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He presented his theories about black holes in Rutherford's laboratory and entered the Royal Society to receive the Albert Einstein Prize.
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He suffered a relapse of his pneumonia illness, losing his voice. After that, he communicated through a synthesizer.
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He published The Grand Design, a controversial work in which he tries to respond to God's "need" to explain the existence of the universe.
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He presented his ideas about the Big Bang and said he was convinced that God is not necessary to explain the birth of the Universe.
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Director James Marsh released The Theory of Everything, a film based on him.
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He tells the BBC that he would consider assisted death if his degenerative disease worsens.
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He died at dawn on Wednesday at his Cambridge home at the age of 76.
