Native name | 高錕 |
Born | Charles Kuen Kao, November 4, 1933, Shanghai, Republic of China |
Died | September 23, 2018, Sha Tin, Hong Kong |
Residence | Republic of China (1933–1948), Hong Kong (1949–2018), United Kingdom (1952–1970), United States |
Citizenship | United Kingdom, United States |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Chinese University of Hong Kong, Standard Telephones and Cables, ITT Corporation, Yale University |
Alma mater | University College London (PhD 1965, issued by University of London), Woolwich Polytechnic (BSc 1957, #REDIRECT Citation needed span) |
Known for | Fibre optics, Fibre-optic communication |
Notable awards | Stuart Ballantine Medal (1977), IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (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 Gold Medal (1992), CBE (1992), Prince Philip Medal (1996), Japan Prize (1996), 3463 Kaokuen (1996), FRS (1997), Charles Stark Draper Prize (1999), Asian of the Century (1999), Nobel Prize in Physics (2009), Grand Bauhinia Medal (2010), KBE (2010) |
Over Charles Kao
Ingenieur Charles Kao werd geboren op November 4, 1933 in China (Hij sterft op 84-jarige leeftijd, op September 23, 2018).
Elektrotechnisch ingenieur en natuurkundige die een pionier was in de ontwikkeling en het gebruik van glasvezel in telecommunicatie. Hij wordt soms de "Godfather of Broadband" genoemd en ontving in 2009 de Nobelprijs voor natuurkunde voor zijn prestaties op het gebied van glasvezel.
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Charles Kao voor roem
Charles Kao was born in the Zodiac sign Schorpioen (The Scorpion), and 1933 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.
Hij behaalde een Ph.D. in elektrotechniek van het University College London.
Prestaties van Charles Kao
Hij lijdt sinds begin 2004 aan de ziekte van Alzheimer.
Charles Kao familieleven
Hij trouwde in 1959 met May-Wan Kao.
Mededelingen van Charles Kao
Net als Physicist Madame Curie ontving hij de Nobelprijs voor natuurkunde.
Charles Kao Income & Net worth
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