Frank Hawking

An upcoming biography of Stephen Hawking by Graham Farmelo reveals that Hawking's father, Frank, expressed concern in a 1961 diary entry about his son's lack of academic diligence and tendency to lounge around the house.

Stephen Hawking's father, Frank Hawking, expressed concern in his diaries about his son's lack of initiative and study habits during his student years. Despite this, Stephen became a renowned physicist and author of the bestselling book A Brief History of Time. The diaries, partly in code, were discovered in a new biography.