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About Charles K. Kao 高錕, Nobel Prize in Physics, 2009
Charles Kuen Kao GBM KBE FRS FREng is a Chinese-born Hong Kong, American and British electrical engineer and physicist who pioneered in the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications. Kao, known as the Godfather of Broadband, Father of Fiber Optics or Father of Fiber Optic Communications, was jointly awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication". Kao holds multiple citizenship of Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Charles K. Kao 高錕, Nobel Prize in Physics, 2009's Timeline
1933 |
November 4, 1933
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Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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2018 |
September 23, 2018
Age 84
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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