Professor Hawking has over a dozen honorary degrees and was awarded the CBE in 1982. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Science. Stephen Hawking is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein.

Photographed Pittsburgh's African American community from 1935 to 1975 as one of the principal photographers for the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation's pre-eminent black newspapers. His images provide one of the most detailed and intimate records of the black urban experience known today

Songwriter, Artist, Multimedia Artist, and lots more.

The world knew him for his splashing milk-drop, scientists were indebted to him for giving them a window on the invisible, generations of MIT students looked to him for inspiration.

American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician.

Wim Wenders ranks among the important directors of world cinema and is one of the leading representatives of "New German Film."

Throughout his career as an artist, Paul Nash (1889-1946) had a special affinity for the wooded hills in South Oxfordshire called the Wittenham Clumps.

Dr. Maya Angelou is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director, she continues to travel the world, spreading her legendary wisdom.

Poe's life, legacy, and Works. Richmond, Virginia.

(1887-1968) Mixed media artist and painter.

Writer, humanist, physician, visionary. Creator of 'Man as Industrial Palace'.