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General
Copernicus, Nicolaus (1473-1543)
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Hipparchus (c. 180-125 BC)
Hubble, Edwin P. (1889-1953)
Jansky, Karl (1905-1950)
Newton, Issac (1642-1727)
Ptolemy (2nd Century AD)
Shapley, Harlow (1885-1972)

Professor Stephen Hawking is the Lucasian Professor at the University of Cambridge, a post once held by Sir Isaac Newton.

LINKS

Visit Hawking's Own Site!
http://www.hawking.org.uk/

Info from Nasa on Hawking's Life
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/people/today/hawking.html

The Unsolved Mysteries part of the Stephen Hawking's Universe Website
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/mysteries/html/myst.html