Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 140. Not illustrated. Chapters: American People of Hong Kong Descent, Australians of Hong Kong Descent, British People of Hong Kong Descent, Canadians of Hong Kong Descent, Charles K. Kao, Romola Garai, John So, Moses Chan, Gok Wan, Katie Leung, Jill Vidal, Yau-Man Chan, Bernard Leach, Sally Yeh, Raymond Yiu, Comedy Dave, George Lee, Joan Lorring, Herman Li, Dermot Reeve, Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn, Corrinne Yu, Anna Lo, Peter Koo, Kingsley Ng, Harry Shum, Jr., George Heath, Anna Choy, Hong Kong People in the United Kingdom, Stephanie Jacobsen, Jason Tobin, Timothy Mo, Ben Ofoedu, Roger Finn, Clara Law, Elizabeth Sun. Excerpt: Charles Kuen ("K. C.") Kao CBE FRS FREng (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: Go Kn (Kao Kuen); born November 4, 1933) is a pioneer in the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications. Kao, widely regarded as the "Father of Fiber Optics" or "Father of Fiber Optic Communications", was awarded half of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication". Kao was born in Shanghai in 1933, but his ancestral home is in Jinshan, Jiangsu now part of Shanghai. He studied Chinese classics at home with his brother, under a tutor. He also studied English and French at an international school in Shanghai which was founded by a number of progressive Chinese educators including Cai Yuanpei. Kao's family moved to Hong Kong in 1948 where he completed his secondary education (advanced level) at St. Joseph's College in 1952. He did his undergraduate studies in electrical engineering at Woolwich Polytechnic (now the University of Greenwich), obtaining his Bachelor of Science degree issued by the University of London. He then pursued research and received his PhD degree in electrical engineering in 1965 from Unive...
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