John Polkinghorne

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Physicist, theologian and anglican priest (1930-2021)

United Kingdom ScientistsLived 1930 to 2021 · aged 90

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John Charlton Polkinghorne was a Cornish theoretical physicist, theologian, and Anglican priest.

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2002Templeton Prize

1997Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

1997Knight Bachelor

1974Fellow of the Royal Society

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John Charlton Polkinghorne was a Cornish theoretical physicist, theologian, and Anglican priest. A prominent and leading voice explaining the relationship between science and religion, he was professor of mathematical physics at the University of Cambridge from 1968 to 1979, when he resigned his chair to study for the priesthood, becoming an ordained Anglican priest in 1982. He served as the president of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1988 until 1996.

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