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Charles K. Kao

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q576885&amp;oldid=2519340902" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award · dated 1978
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q49112&amp;oldid=2564983730" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Yale University
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q193196&amp;oldid=2547678668" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University College London
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q2086833&amp;oldid=2475399953" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal · dated 1985
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q189022&amp;oldid=2556996360" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Imperial College London
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1896148&amp;oldid=2561648754" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Greenwich

Wikidata describes Charles K. Kao as Hong Kong-British-American physicist.

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