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| 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) |
About Charles Kao
Engineer Charles Kao was born on November 4, 1933 in China (He dies at the age of 84, on September 23, 2018).
Physicist and electrical engineer who pioneered the use of fiber optics in telecommunications. He is renowned as the"Godfather of Broadband", and in 2009 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to fiber optics.
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Charles Kao before becoming famous
Charles Kao was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1933 is also the year of Rooster (雞) in the Chinese Zodiac.
He earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from University College London.
Achievement of Charles Kao
He has been suffering from Alzheimer's disease since early 2004.
Charles Kao's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
He married May-Wan Kao in 1959.
Charles Kao Collabed with
He, like Physicist Madame Curie, received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Charles Kao Income & Net worth
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