Historical Photos To Blow Your Mind: New Release!

Young Genius

Stephen Hawking is one of the most brilliant minds the world has ever seen. He is physically recognizable because he is paralyzed due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Hawking is shown here in a rare photo of his younger years, on his marriage to Jane Wilde in 1965.

The English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author is now 55 years old. Jane and Hawking met through Hawking’s sister, and they were engaged shortly before his diagnosis with motor neurone disease started to develop. Hawking said the engagement gave him “something to live for.” They quietly divorced in 1990 when Hawking left Jane for Eileen Mason.