
Charles K. Kao
Get notified whenever this star has news
Browse by day
Who is this?
Sir Charles Kuen Kao (November 4, 1933 – September 23, 2018) 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. Born in 1933 in Shanghai, Kao and his family settled in Hong Kong in 1949. He graduated from St. Jo
What happened recently
Signalling the internet evolution: Charles Kuen Kao, the 'godfather of broadband’
Sir Charles K. Kao’s Story: Sparks from the Sand - Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation
Who is Charles K Kao? Learn About the Hong Kong Scientist Honoured on Today’s Google Doodle
Tributes to Nobel Laureate and UCL alumnus Sir Charles Kao | UCL News - UCL – University College London
Charles Kao, Nobel Laureate Who Revolutionized Fiber Optics, Dies at 84 (Published 2018)