Obituary for Charles Kao 高錕

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James R Hagerty, Early Bet on Optical Fibers Yielded Pipes for Internet; Charles Kao 1933-2018. Wall Street Journal, Sept 29, 2018.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_K._Kao

Note:
(a) "In the 1960s, Charles Kao often annoyed his wife, Gwen [Gwen May-Wan Kao (née: Wong) 黃美芸] * * * In a 1966 paper written with George Hockham [1938 – 2013, worked with Kao 1964-1965: Wikipedia for Kao], he outlined the potential for using pulses of light to carry huge volumes of voice and data signals long distances through strands of glass that became known as optical fibers."

the paper: Kao KC and Hockham GA, Dielectric-fibre surface waveguides for optical frequencies. IEE Proceedings J - Optoelectronics, 113: 1151–1158 (1966)
, where J and IEE stands for, respectively, journal and Institution of Electrical Engineers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institution_of_Electrical_Engineers
(b) "he would study electrical engineering at Woolwich Polytechnic * * * After finishing his undergraduate degree in 1957, he got a research job at Standard Telephones & Cables, a British unit of ITT, and later earned a doctorate from University College London [in 1965]."
(i) University of Greenwich
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Greenwich
(1890- ; public; table: Former name  Woolwich Polytechnic (1890–1970), Location Greenwich Campus (London) [and two others]; in 1992 was granted university status [and adopted the current name]; In 2001, the university moved from Woolwich to Greenwich)
(A) Woolwich Polytechnic was at Woolwich, a district of London.
(B) Though located at London, University of Greenwich is not part of University of London system.
(ii) ITT Inc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITT_Inc.
(an AMERICAN company; Headquarters  White Plains, New York; was founded in 1920 as International Telephone & Telegraph [by brothers Sosthenes and Hernan Behn of Danish ancestry])