Why did Stephen Hawking refused a knighthood?

Why did Stephen Hawking refused a knighthood?

Stephen Hawking CH CBE, physicist, reportedly turned down a knighthood because he “”does not like titles.”” Bill Hayden, Governor-General of Australia. Patrick Heron, artist, declined a knighthood allegedly over the education policy of the government in the 1980s.

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