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Top Scientist Stephen Hawking 'Very Ill'© Sky News 2009
Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world's most famous scientists, is "very ill" in hospital, Cambridge University has said.
The physicist, who works at the university, has been having tests after being taken by ambulance to Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
A university spokesman said: "Professor Hawking is very ill. He is undergoing tests. He has been unwell for a couple of weeks."
Professor Peter Haynes, head of the University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, added: "Professor Hawking is a remarkable colleague.
"We all hope he will be amongst us again soon."
One of the last times the 67-year-old scientist appeared in public was in September when he unveiled a £1m clock erected at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
The professor is best known for his book A Brief History of Time.
He has motor neurone disease and is wheelchair bound. He speaks with the help of a voice synthesiser.
He developed symptoms of the disease while studying in the 1960s and is one of the world's longest surviving sufferers.
The physicist has worked at Cambridge's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics for more than 30 years and since 1979, he has been the University's Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.
In 1982 he was awarded a CBE and he became a Companion of Honour in 1989. In addition, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society.
After growing up in St Albans, Hertfordshire, he read physics at University College Oxford and then moved to Cambridge to carry out research in cosmology.
Prof Hawking currently lives in Cambridge and has three children and one grandchild.
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Saftlad
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I hope he's better asap as the world needs men/women like him.
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Lady Rachel
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what a shame. I hope he is able to get better soon
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Julie C
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Hope he recovers ASAP take care luv Juliexx
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