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Note that none of the scores of mathematicians and physicists on

http://knol.google.com/k/iq-scores-of-famous-people-past-and-present#

are confirmed. I am an academic and I know Hawking personally (very well). The IQ often quoted and quoted here is not the result of any IQ test he has ever taken.

I also find the attempts to estimate and compare the IQs of scientists who lived in different historical periods somewhat ridiculous, and not even in line with modern assessments of their work.