The scientist Charles Kao

Charles Kao

Living place: China

Birthday: 4-11-1933 (91 years old)

Global rank: #77670

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Who is The scientist Charles Kao?
Electrical engineer and physicist who pioneered the development and use of optical fibers in telecommunications. He is sometimes called "The Godfather of Broadband" and he was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for his achievements in fiber optics.
He has been suffering from Alzheimer's disease since early 2004.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He received his doctorate in electrical engineering from University College London.

Family life info

Pottery is a hobby of mine.

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Like Madame Curie, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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When was The scientist Charles Kao born?
Charles Kao birthday 4-11-1933 (at the age of 91).
Where is The scientist Charles Kao's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Charles Kao was born in China. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Charles Kao's global rank is 77670 and whose rank is 561 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1933 and 4-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Charles Kao

  • Reichstag fire in Berlin; Nazi terror begins (Feb. 27).
  • Hitler becomes German chancellor (Jan. 30).
  • Germany and Japan withdraw from League of Nations.

Birthday Charles Kao (4-11) in history

  • Day 4-11 year 1842: Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, , Illinois
  • Day 4-11 year 1880: James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, patented the first cash register.
  • Day 4-11 year 1922: Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt.
  • Day 4-11 year 1924: Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first woman governor, to serve out the term of her husband who died in office.
  • Day 4-11 year 1956: Russian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy.
  • Day 4-11 year 1979: The American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage.
  • Day 4-11 year 1995: Israeli Prime Minister, and Nobel Laureate, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli.
  • Day 4-11 year 2008: Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, taking 338 electoral votes to McCain's 161. Obama makes history as the first African American U.S. president.
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