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Charles K. Kao
Sir Charles Kuen Kao was a Hong Kong electrical engineer who contributed to the development and use of fibre optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods to combine glass fibres with lasers in order to transmit digital data, which laid the groundwork for the evolution of the Internet and the eventual creation of the World Wide Web.
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business · Hong Kong electrical engineer (1933–2018) · physicist · inventor · entrepreneur · electrical engineer · scientist · university teacher · executive · also Charles K. Kao, Charles Kao, Charles Kuen Kao, Kuen Kao, Kao Kuen, Gao Kun
Born 4 November 1933 · Died 23 September 2018 · Q16389
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2019· 1 entry
2018· 1 entry
Died 2018-09-23.
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2016· 1 entry
Kao lost the ability to maintain his balance
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2010· 4 entries
Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2010).
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“s medical expenses. In 2010 Charles and Gwen Kao founded the Charles K. Kao Foundation for Alzheimer”
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Charles and Gwen Kao founded the Charles K
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Later clarified that "Charles studied in Hong Kong for his high schooling, he has taught here, he was the Vice-Chancellor of CUHK and retired here too
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2009· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication.
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When Kao was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the study of the transmission of light in optical fibres and for fibre communication, he said, "I am absolutely speechless and never expected such
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2009).
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Kao was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibres for optical communication
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2008· 1 entry
Resided in Mountain View, California, United States, where he moved from Hong Kong in order to live near his children and grandchild
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2003· 1 entry
Kao was named a Chair Professor by special appointment at the Electronics Institute of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University
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2000· 2 entries
Kao co-founded the Independent Schools Foundation Academy, which is located in Cyberport, Hong Kong
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And stepped down from the board of the ISF in December 2008
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Charles Stark Draper Prize (1999).
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1996· 4 entries
Awarded Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (1996).
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Awarded Japan Prize (1996).
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Kao donated to Yale University, and the Charles Kao Fund Research Grants was established to support Yale's studies, research and creative projects in Asia
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Kao spent his six-month sabbatical leave at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Imperial College London; from 1997 to 2002, he also served as visiting professor in the same department
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1992· 1 entry
Won SPIE Gold Medal (1992).
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1989· 2 entries
Awarded James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials (1989).
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Won Faraday Medal (1989).
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1986· 1 entry
Kao was the Corporate Director of Research at ITT
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1985· 3 entries
Won IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1985).
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Awarded Marconi Prize (1985).
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Kao spent one year in West Germany, at the SEL Research Center
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1983· 1 entry
That world's seas would be littered with fibre optics, five years ahead of the time that such a trans-oceanic fibre-optic cable first became serviceable
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1982· 1 entry
Became the first ITT Executive Scientist and was stationed mainly at the Advanced Technology Center in Connecticut
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1981· 1 entry
Was named after Kao in 1996
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Won Stuart Ballantine Medal (1977).
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1974· 1 entry
(the parent corporation of STC at that time) in the United States and worked in Roanoke, Virginia, first as Chief Scientist and later as Director of Engineering
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1970· 1 entry
To found the Department of Electronics, which later became the Department of Electronic Engineering
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1966· 1 entry
That he laid the groundwork for fibre optics in communication
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1965· 1 entry
Kao with Hockham concluded that the fundamental limitation for glass light attenuation is below 20 dB/km (decibels per kilometer, is a measure of the attenuation of a signal over a distance), which is a key threshold val
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1963· 1 entry
When Kao first joined the optical communications research team he made notes summarising the background situation and available technology at the time, and identifying the key individuals involved
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1959· 1 entry
In London, and had a son and a daughter, both of whom reside and work in Silicon Valley, California
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1953· 1 entry
Kao went to London to continue his studies in secondary school and obtained his A-Level in 1955
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1952· 1 entry
And went to London to study electrical engineering
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1949· 1 entry
Kao's family settled in Hong Kong, which at the time was a British crown colony
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1933· 3 entries
Born 1933-11-04.
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In Shanghai, China, and lived with his parents in the Shanghai French Concession
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In Shanghai, Kao and his family settled in Hong Kong in 1949
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