Stephen Hawking’s Ashes Buried in Westminster Abbey

Stephen Hawking was laid to rest last week between Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey, the burial ground for Britain’s greatest scientists. “The ashes were interred in Scientists’ Corner, a section of the Abbey dedicated to those who have made significant breakthroughs.” A stone will be placed atop the burial spot with the inscription: “Here lies what was mortal of Stephen Hawking 1942 – 2018.” The stone is also inscribed with one of Hawking’s most famed equations.

The physicist passed away in March at the age of 76 after decades of battling with a motor neuron disease. At the thanksgiving service there were readings by actor Benedict Cumberbatch who played Hawking in a BBC drama, astronaut Tim Peake, Astronomer Royal Martin Rees, and Nobel prize winner Kip Thorne. 1000 members of the public were chosen through ballot to attend.

A private funeral service was held in Cambridge in March.

See Stephen Hawking’s Ashes Buried in Westminster Abbey, KVOA.com, June 15, 2018.