Stephen Hawking's ashes lie among the science greats Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton
FirstpostHawking was interred in the abbey’s Scientists’ Corner, beneath a stone inscribed: “Here lies what was mortal of Stephen Hawking’’. The ashes of Stephen Hawking were buried on 15 June in a corner of Westminster Abbey that honours some of Britain’s greatest scientists, between the graves of Charles Darwin and Isaac Newton. Hawking’s first wife Jane and daughter Lucy were among an eclectic crowd that included scientists and schoolchildren; politicians including UK Culture Secretary Matt Hancock and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn; Chic guitarist Nile Rogers; actress Lily Cole; comedian David Walliams; and talk-show host Piers Morgan. Hawking was interred in the abbey’s Scientists’ Corner, beneath a stone inscribed: “Here lies what was mortal of Stephen Hawking’’ – an English translation of the Latin words on the nearby grave of Newton, the 17th-century scientist who discovered the laws of gravity.
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