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Charles K. Kao
Charles Kao
Hong Kong-British-American physicist.
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Place of Birth
Shanghai
Country of Citizenship
Republic of China
United Kingdom
United States
British Hong Kong
Occupation
Physicist
Inventor
Entrepreneur
Electrical Engineer
Scientist
University Teacher
Executive
Field of Work
Electrical Engineering
Telecommunications
Optical Fiber
Glass Fiber
Data Transmission
History of Technology
Optical Communication
Educated At
University College London
University of Greenwich
University of London
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Award Received
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IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
(1978)
IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal
(1985)
Marconi Prize
(1985)
C&C Prize
Faraday Medal
(1989)
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials
(1989)
SPIE Gold Medal
(1992)
Japan Prize
(1996)
Charles Stark Draper Prize
(1999)
Nobel Prize in Physics
(2009)
Grand Bauhinia Medal
Fellow of the Royal Society
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Stuart Ballantine Medal
(1977)
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
IEEE Fellow
Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Honorary Doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Honorary Doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
(1996)
Great Immigrants Award
(2010)
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Royal Society
(1997)
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1997
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(1979 - )
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1979
European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Academia Sinica
National Academy of Engineering
(1990 - )
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1990
11/4/1933
Human
Charles
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English
Gao
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Chinese
Kao
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English
Yale University
Imperial College London
Queen Mary University of London
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
9/23/2018
高錕
Natural Causes
Alzheimer's Disease
Hong Kong
Shanghai
London
Mountain View
Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics
Male
English
Chinese
Hong Kong
Physics
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1978
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1985
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1985
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1989
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1989
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1992
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1996
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for the development of fiber optics
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1999
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for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication
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för banbrytande insatser angående ljustransmission i fibrer för optisk kommunikation
Together With
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Willard Boyle
Together With
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George E. Smith
Point in Time
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2009
Prize Money
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5,000,000 Swedish krona
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1977
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1996
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2010
Prince Philip Medal
Kaokuen
Kao Chun-Hsiang
Bradbury Hospice
Asian of the Century
Kao Ping-Tse
Charles Kao, Nobel Laureate Who Revolutionized Fiber Optics, Dies at 84
Harold Barlow
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