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John Polkinghorne

1930 - 2021

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John Charlton Polkinghorne (16 October 1930 – 9 March 2021) was an English 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. Polkinghorne was the author of five books on physics and twenty-six on the relationship between science and religion; his publications include The Quantum World (1989), Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship (2005), Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion (2007), and Questions of Truth (2009). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Polkinghorne is the 650th most popular physicist (up from 681st in 2019), the 3,730th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,796th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, John Polkinghorne ranks 650 out of 851. Before her are Sidney Coleman, Marcia Neugebauer, Barys Kit, Joan Feynman, César Lattes, and Charles W. Misner. After her are Christian Møller, Giovanni Giorgi, Bernard Lovell, John Sealy Townsend, William Higinbotham, and Edward Condon.

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Among people born in 1930, John Polkinghorne ranks 407. Before her are Jiří Skobla, Vera T. Sós, Alphonse Alley, Aureliano Bolognesi, Alifa Rifaat, and Anatoli Maslyonkin. After her are Ivan Kolev, Harrison Young, Allan Bloom, Tony Trabert, Aleksandar Petaković, and Horst Bienek. Among people deceased in 2021, John Polkinghorne ranks 387. Before her are Akira Miyawaki, Bruce Kirby, Aurelio Galfetti, Jane Powell, Sophie, and Leslie Laing. After her are Milan Bandić, Tarcísio Meira, Vera Nikolić, David Bailie, Juan Masnik, and Håkon Brusveen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Polkinghorne ranks 3,731 out of 8,785. Before her are Joe Gomez (1997), Kaya Scodelario (1992), Dudley Pound (1877), Michael Mann (1942), Dorothy Tyler-Odam (1920), and Delia Derbyshire (1937). After her are Joe Abercrombie (1974), Nigel Terry (1945), Billy McNeill (1940), Jack McConnell (1960), Lucy Walter (1630), and Don Revie (1927).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, John Polkinghorne ranks 72. Before her are John Lennard-Jones (1894), Sergey Kapitsa (1928), Michael Berry (1941), John D. Barrow (1952), William Edward Ayrton (1847), and James David Forbes (1809). After her are Bernard Lovell (1913), C. V. Boys (1855), Michael Green (1946), Brandon Carter (1942), Edward Andrade (1887), and Francis Hauksbee (1660).

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