Document reading stand
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Document reading stand
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Document reading stand
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Grey plastic document holder/stand, hinged with base.
This document reading stand was Hawking's preferred means for examining physical copies of important documents. Despite his advanced disability, Hawking's administrative roles meant unavoidable document reading-and-signing, and not all of them could be done digitally.
The collection also includes examples of the means by which he provided his physical signature over different decades, and the actual examples of these will be found in the archival documents kept at Cambridge University Library.
Details
- Category:
- Stephen Hawking Office
- Collection:
- Stephen Hawking’s Office
- Object Number:
- 2021-561/682
- Materials:
- polystyrene
- Measurements:
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overall (in current position): 463 mm x 274 mm x 440 mm, 2.815 kg
- credit:
- Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government from the Estate of Stephen Hawking and allocated to the Science Museum, 2021
