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John Polkinghorne is born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England.
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He earned his first degree for Trinity College in mathematics.
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He also earned a master’s degree from Trinity College
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He earned a doctorate in quantum field theory from Trinity College.
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He became a Professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge.
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In 1979, he began seeking knowledge and became an ordained Anglican priest in 1982 which is associated with the Church of England.
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He was awarded the Templeton Prize. This is equivalent to the Nobel Prize for furthering religious studies. He acknowledge religion as field of study just like any other science field. This sparked interest like this subject area of study.
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The YouTube video that is hyperlinked is rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne speaks about how science and scripture are connected with the topic of evolution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KlJ7Bt3oxE
