The continuing story of Professor Sheldon Cooper and his wife, Professor Bernadette Rostenkowski-Cooper. Part 11, the return.
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The winter of 2046-7 was one of coldest winters in Cambridge for many years. 66 year old Sheldon and 62 year old Bernadette both found the cold weather a bit of a struggle. However, they didn't return to California for the Xmas holidays. There was a good reason for this. Sheldon celebrated his 67th birthday on February 26th 2047, the Lucasian Professor had to retire at that age. On his birthday Sheldon gave a farewell lecture in the Hawking lecture theatre which culminated in Bernadette unveiling a formal portrait of Sheldon on the wall of the lecture theatre. This joined the portraits of Newton, Dirac, Hawking and the rest of the Lucasian Professors of Mathematics. There was then a huge farewell party for Sheldon and Bernadette after which they left the University of Cambridge for the last time.
On March 1st 2047 Sheldon and Bernadette returned to California to start their retirement. Following on from his discussion at Caltech the previous summer with Professor Hofstadter Sheldon became Emeritus Professor of Physics at Caltech.
