It has been quite like old times.' ĭuring her marriage to Hawking, while dealing with the progression of his illness, Jane experienced depression.

In the postlude to her 2007 memoir Travelling to Infinity, she writes about Hawking after his second divorce (from nurse Elaine Mason): 'We are able to associate freely again and enjoy many a family occasion together. However, she continued to support Hawking through his health problems as he continued to work. In 1997, she married musician Jonathan Hellyer Jones. Jane and Stephen Hawking separated in 1990, and divorced five years later. She felt compelled to obtain a PhD to have her own academic identity within the University of Cambridge. Īfter years of working on her doctoral thesis through Westfield College, Hawking received her PhD in medieval Spanish poetry in April 1981. They had three children: Robert, born in 1967, Lucy, born in 1970, and Timothy, born in 1979. Though aware of his consequent shortened life expectancy and limitations, the couple became engaged in 1964 and married in 1965 in their shared hometown of St Albans. Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS) in 1963. Jane and Stephen Hawking met through mutual college friends at a party in 1962. She studied languages at the University of London's Westfield College. She was raised in the Church of England and is an active Christian. Jane was born to George and Beryl Wilde ( née Eagleton). She was married to Stephen Hawking for 30 years. Jane Beryl Wilde Hawking Jones (born 29 March 1944) is an English author and teacher.

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