John Polkinghorne

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  • Birth

    John Polkinghorne was bron October 16, 1930 in Weston-super-Mare, England

  • Mathematics Degree

    Polkinghorne earns his degree in mathematics in 1952 from Trinity College, Cambridge, UK (Turner) Turner, Darrell J. "John Polkinghorne | English Physicist And Priest". Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Polkinghorne.

  • Master's Degree

    Polkinghorne earns his Masters Degree (Turner)

  • Doctorate

    Polkinghorne earns his Doctorate in quantum field theory from Trinity College in 1956 (Turner)

  • Appointed Lecturer at University of Edinburgh

    After receiving his doctorate, John Polkinghorne is appointed lecturer in mathematical physcis at the University of Edinburgh, UK in 1956. (Turner)

  • Polkinghorne Resigns from Physics

    Polinghorne resigns from physics to begin training for the Anglican Ministry in Cambridge. (Taylor, and Wilkinson) Taylor, John, and David Wilkinson. "John Charlton Polkinghorne KBE. 16 October 1930—9 March 2021 | Biographical Memoirs Of Fellows Of The Royal Society". Biographical Memoirs Of Fellows Of The Royal Society, 2022, https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2021.0044#d1e669.

  • Polkinghorne becomes a Priest

    Polkinghorne becomes a priest in the Church of England in 1982. (John Polkinghorne) "John Polkinghorne". The Gifford Lectures, https://www.giffordlectures.org/lecturers/john-polkinghorne.

  • Book: The Quantum World

    Quantum Mechanics for the General Reader (John Polkinghorne)

  • Dean of Trinity Hall

    "Polkinghorne served two years as a parish priest in Bristol and then worked as a vicar in Kent, before he returned to academia in 1986 to become Dean of Trinity Hall, Cambridge." (John Polkinghorne) "John Polkinghorne". The Gifford Lectures, https://www.giffordlectures.org/lecturers/john-polkinghorne.

  • Book - One World : The interaction of science and theology

    "presents the idea of sacrament as providing the point of intersection of scientific and theological understanding" ("APA Psycnet") "APA Psycnet". Psycnet.Apa.Org, 2022, https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2007-02481-000.
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    President of Queen's College

    John Polkinghorne becomes President of Queen's College and remains until he retires in 1996 (O'Conner, and Roberston) O'Conner, J J, and E F Robertson. "John Polkinghorne - Biography". Maths History, 2008, https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Polkinghorne/.

  • Video - "John Polkinghorne - Did God Create from Nothing?"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-RBaGLtjEc

  • Death

    John Polkinghornes dies March 9, 2021 at the age of 90