Charles K. Kao

Sir Charles Kuen Kao,^[5] GBM,^[6] KBE,^[7] FRS,^[8] FREng^[9] (born 4 November 1933; deed 23 September 2018) wis a Cheenese-born Hong Kong electrical ingineer an pheesicist wha pioneered the development an uise o fiber optics in telecommunications.

The Honourable Sir Charles Kuen Kao GBM KBE FRS FREng
Charles K. Kao receivin an honorary degree frae Princeton Varsity in 2004
Native name	高錕
Born	4 November 1933(1933-11-04) Shanghai, Cheenae[1]
Dee'd	23 September 2018 (aged 84) Hong Kong
Residence	Republic o Cheenae (1933–1948) Hong Kong (1949–present)[2] Unitit Kinrick (1952–1970) Unitit States
Naitionality	American Breetish
Citizenship	Unitit States Unitit Kinrick[1]
Alma mater	University College London (PhD 1965, issued bi Varsity o Lunnon) Varsity o Greenwich (BSc 1957, issued bi Varsity o Lunnon)
Kent for	Fiber optics Fiber-optic communication
Awairds	Stuart Ballantine Medal (1977) IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Awaird (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[3] (1989) SPIE Gowd Medal (1992) CBE (1992) Prince Philip Medal (1996) Japan Prize (1996) 3463 Kaokuen (1996) FRS (1997)[4] Charles Stark Draper Prize (1999) Asie o the Century (1999) Nobel Prize in Pheesics (2009) Grand Bauhinia Medal (2010) KBE (2010)
Scientific career
Fields	Pheesics
Institutions	The Cheenese Varsity o Hong Kong ITT Corporation Yale Varsity Standard Telephones and Cables
Doctoral advisor	Harold Barlow