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Hawking Memorial

West Minster Abbey, England

An extraordinary memorial made for an extraordinary person, the world known scientist, Professor Stephen Hawking.


Laid in Westminster Abbey, near fellow scientists Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, a piece of stone from our Lieurary Quarry was specifically selected as, when polished, the dark colour perfectly represents deep space. The engraved rings surround a black centre alongside Hawking's equation which he used to express that a glow is emitted from black holes and they are not, in fact, completely black.

Designer: John Maine

Letter Cutter: Gillian Forbes

Hawking Memorial
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