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The Honorable Sir Charles Kuen Kao
,
GBM
,
[3]
KBE
,
[4]
FRS
,
[5]
FREng
[6]
(November 4, 1933 – September 23, 2018) was a
Chinese
-born
American
and
British
electrical engineer
and physicist.
He helped discover the development and use of
fiber optics
in telecommunications. Kao was awarded the 2009
Nobel Prize in Physics
for "
groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication
".
[7]
Kao holds dual citizenship of the United Kingdom and the United States.
[8]
Kao is known as the "
Godfather of Broadband
".
[8]
Kao was diagnosed with
Alzheimer's disease
in 2002 and had
speech difficulty
.
[9]
He died on September 23, 2018 from complications of the disease in
Sha Tin
,
Hong Kong
at the age of 84.
[10]
- ↑
1.0
1.1
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 ? Press Release
. Nobel Foundation. October 6, 2009
. Retrieved
October 8,
2009
.
- ↑
Headline Daily (October 7, 2009).
"高?獲諾貝爾? 國人驕傲"
. Headline Daily. Archived from
the original
on October 11, 2009
. Retrieved
October 7,
2009
.
- ↑
"306 people to receive honours"
. The Government of
Hong Kong SAR
. July 1, 2010
. Retrieved
July 1,
2010
.
[
dead link
]
- ↑
"2010 Queen's Birthday Honours List SUPPLEMENT No.1 B23"
(pdf)
.
The London Gazette
. 12 June 2010
. Retrieved
12 June
2010
.
- ↑
List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 ? 2007
- ↑
"The Fellowship ? List of Fellows"
. Raeng.org.uk. Archived from
the original
on June 12, 2011
. Retrieved
October 26,
2009
.
- ↑
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2009
. Nobel Foundation. October 6, 2009
. Retrieved
October 6,
2009
.
- ↑
8.0
8.1
Kelsey Mesher (October 15, 2009).
"The legacy of Charles Kao"
.
Mountain View Voice
. Archived from
the original
on February 15, 2021
. Retrieved
November 30,
2009
.
- ↑
Ifeng.com:
港媒年初?高?患老年痴?症 妻?老人家?性差
- ↑
Chiu, Peace; Singh, Abhijit; Lam, Jeffie (23 September 2018).
"Hong Kong mourns passing of Nobel Prize winner and father of fiber optics, Charles Kao, 84"
.
South China Morning Post
. Hong Kong
. Retrieved
23 September
2018
.
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