Rejected petition Give Stephen Hawking's family the option to lay him to rest at Westminster Abbey

If Stephen Hawking's family wishes it then he should be laid to rest or immortalised in some way in Westminster Abbey with other eminent Scientists, Astronomers, Mathematicians and Physicists such as the like of Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton, John Couch Adams and James Clerk Maxwell.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The decision to grant a memorial in Westminster Abbey is the responsibility of the Dean of Westminster, not the UK Government or Parliament.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 14 March 2018
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