Charles K. Kao - Nobel Prize in Physics — 2009
photo Charles K. Kao

Charles K. Kao

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 2009
for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication
Together with: George E. Smith, Willard Boyle
Citizenship
United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited StatesUnited States
Languages
English, Chinese
date of birth
11/4/1933
place of birth
Shanghai
date of death
9/23/2018
place of death
Bradbury Hospice
Lived
84 years

See more

occupation
  • entrepreneur
  • electrical engineer
  • university teacher
  • physicist
  • inventor
  • scientist
  • executive
field of work
  • optical communication
  • optical fiber
  • data transmission
  • telecommunications
  • electrical engineering
  • history of technology
  • glass fiber
educated at
  • University of London
  • University of Greenwich
  • University College London
employer
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Imperial College London
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Yale University
work location
  • Hong Kong
member of
  • Royal Society of London
    • start time: 1997
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    • start time: 1979
  • National Academy of Engineering
    • start time: 1990
  • Academia Sinica
    • start time: 1992
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
  • European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1996
Read on Wikipedia