Charles K. Kao

Sir Charles Kuen Kao
The Honourable; Sir Charles Kuen Kao; GBM KBE FRS FREng
	Charles K. Kao receivin an honorary degree frae Princeton Varsity in 2004
Native name	高錕
Born	4 November 1933; Shanghai, Cheenae
Dee'd	23 September 2018 (aged 84); Hong Kong
Residence	Republic o Cheenae (1933–1948); Hong Kong (1949–present); Unitit Kinrick (1952–1970); Unitit States
Naitionality	American; Breetish
Citizenship	Unitit States; Unitit Kinrick
Alma mater	University College London (PhD 1965, issued bi Varsity o Lunnon); Varsity o Greenwich (BSc 1957, issued bi Varsity o Lunnon)
Kent for	Fiber optics; Fiber-optic communication
Awairds	Stuart Ballantine Medal (1977); IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Awaird (1978); IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1985); Marconi Prize (1985); C&C Prize (1987); Faraday Medal (1989); James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials (1989); FREng (1989); SPIE Gowd Medal (1992); CBE (1992); Prince Philip Medal (1996); Japan Prize (1996); 3463 Kaokuen (1996); FRS (1997); Charles Stark Draper Prize (1999); Asie o the Century (1999); Nobel Prize in Pheesics (2009); Grand Bauhinia Medal (2010); KBE (2010);
	Scientific career
Fields	Pheesics
Institutions	The Cheenese Varsity o Hong Kong; ITT Corporation; Yale Varsity; Standard Telephones and Cables
Doctoral advisor	Harold Barlow

Sir Charles Kuen Kao,^[5] GBM,^[6] KBE,^[7] FRS,^[8] FREng^[9] (born 4 November 1933; deed 23 September 2018) wis a Cheenese-born Hong Kong electrical ingineer an pheesicist wha pioneered the development an uise o fiber optics in telecommunications.

References

↑ ^a ^b The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 – Press Release. Nobel Foundation. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
↑ Headline Daily (7 October 2009). 高錕獲諾貝爾獎國人驕傲 (in Cheenese). Headline Daily. Archived frae the original on 11 October 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
↑ "List of Fellows". Archived frae the original on 8 Juin 2016. Retrieved 17 Mairch 2017.
↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived frae the original on 16 Mairch 2015.
↑ Charles K. Kao was elected in 1990 as a member o Naitional Academy o Ingineerin in Electronics, Communication & Information Seestems Ingineerin for pioneerin an sustained accomplishments taewart the theoretical an practical realisation o optical feebre communication seestems.
↑ "306 people to receive honours". The Government of Hong Kong SAR. 1 Julie 2010. Retrieved 1 Julie 2010. ^{[deid airtin]}
↑ "2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List" (pdf). The London Gazette. 12 Juin 2010. Supplement No.1 B23. Retrieved 12 Juin 2010.
↑ "- Royal Society".
↑ "The Fellowship – List of Fellows". Raeng.org.uk. Archived frae the original on 12 Juin 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2009.