Charles K. Kao was a Chinese-born physicist and electrical engineer, known for his groundbreaking contributions to the transmission of light in optical fibers for optical communications. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009 for his pioneering work in this field. Born in Shanghai in 1933, he completed his secondary education at St. Joseph's College in Hong Kong and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the College of Arts and Technology in 1957. He earned his PhD in electrical engineering from Imperial College London in 1965.
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Meaning of the name - Charles
free man, manly
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Charles K. Kao belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Shanghai
Place of Death: Bradbury Hospice
Cause of Death: Alzheimer's disease
Educated At: University of Greenwich | University College London | University of London
Occupation: academic | university teacher | electrical engineer | executive | inventor | physicist | entrepreneur | scientist
Employers: Queen Mary University of London | Imperial College London | Yale University | The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Awards Received: Great Immigrants Award | honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong | honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong | Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology | Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering | Fellow of the Royal Society | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | SPIE Gold Medal | Stuart Ballantine Medal | Prince Philip Medal | James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials | C&C Prize | Asian of the Century | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire | IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal | Faraday Medal | Charles Stark Draper Prize | Japan Prize | IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award | Marconi Prize | 3463 Kaokuen | Grand Bauhinia Medal | IEEE Fellow | Nobel Prize in Physics
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on November 4, 2024 | Secondary Progressions for November 4, 2024 |
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| Sun | 11 Scorpio 50 | 12 Scorpio 46 | 14 Aquarius 11 |
| Moon | 8 Gemini 34 | 18 Sagittarius 24 | 29 Virgo 28 |
| Mercury | 3 Sagittarius 52 | 2 Sagittarius 38 | 24 Aquarius 42 |
| Venus | 27 Sagittarius 50 | 21 Sagittarius 33 | 16 Aquarius 36 |
| Mars | 19 Sagittarius 4 | 0 Leo 11 | 29 Aquarius 38 |
| Jupiter | 11 Libra 34 | 20 Gemini 11 | 22 Libra 53 |
| Saturn | 10 Aquarius 17 | 12 Pisces 43 | 18 Aquarius 25 |
| Uranus | 24 Aries 44 | 25 Taurus 46 | 23 Aries 55 |
| Neptune | 11 Virgo 55 | 27 Pisces 25 | 11 Virgo 42 |
| Pluto | 24 Cancer 44 | 29 Capricorn 46 | 23 Cancer 12 |
| Rahu | 24 Aquarius 36 | 4 Aries 31 | 19 Aquarius 47 |
| Ketu | 24 Leo 36 | 4 Libra 31 | 19 Leo 47 |
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