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, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for November 4, 2025 |
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| Sun | 11 Scorpio 50 | 12 Scorpio 32 | 15 Aquarius 12 |
| Moon | 8 Gemini 34 | 0 Taurus 27 | 12 Libra 13 |
| Mercury | 3 Sagittarius 52 | 5 Sagittarius 12 | 26 Aquarius 28 |
| Venus | 27 Sagittarius 50 | 27 Libra 12 | 15 Aquarius 59 |
| Mars | 19 Sagittarius 4 | 0 Sagittarius 7 | 0 Pisces 26 |
| Jupiter | 11 Libra 34 | 25 Cancer 5 | 22 Libra 54 |
| Saturn | 10 Aquarius 17 | 25 Pisces 32 | 18 Aquarius 32 |
| Uranus | 24 Aries 44 | 0 Gemini 8 | 23 Aries 56 |
| Neptune | 11 Virgo 55 | 29 Pisces 42 | 11 Virgo 41 |
| Pluto | 24 Cancer 44 | 1 Aquarius 28 | 23 Cancer 11 |
| Rahu | 24 Aquarius 36 | 15 Pisces 12 | 19 Aquarius 44 |
| Ketu | 24 Leo 36 | 15 Virgo 12 | 19 Leo 44 |
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