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John Polkinghorne Birth
John Charlton Polkinghorne was born in Weston-super-Mare, England on October 16th 1930. Polkinghorne was born to George Polkinghorne And Dorothy Charlton. -
Polkinghorne's Early life
Polkinghorne went to the local primary school, but he fell behind with his reading and his progress is slow. He later became home schooled by a family friend. -
Personal life
When studying at Cambridge, he met his lovely wife Ruth Martin. Ruth was a mathematics student who similar to Polkinghorne was apart of the Christian Union. They two got married on March 26th 1955 and later went on to have 3 children. -
College Education
Polkinghorne began his college degree in physics at Trinity College in Cambridge. He received his bachelors in mathematics in 1952. He earned his master's in 1955. He finally got his PhD in 1956 in quantum field theory. John studied under the famous Paul Dirac focusing on particle physics. -
Appointed Lecturer
In the year of 1956 John was appointed lecturer in mathematical physics at the university in Edinburgh -
Elected into the Royal Society
Polkinghorne was so appraised for his amazing contributions to mathematical physics he was elected into the Royal Society. -
Ordained ministry
John went into ordained ministry of the Church of England in 1977 -
Career Change
John decided to change his career in 1979. He was a professor at the University of Cambridge of mathematical physics. He resigned to pursue theological studies. -
Ordained Deacon
John became an ordained deacon in June of 1981 -
Became a priest
During 1982 John became a priest in the Church of England. -
President Queen's college
John was made the President of Queens' College in 1989. -
Retirement
John later retired from Queens' College in 1996 -
Knighted by the Queen
Polkinghorne was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997 for his outstanding service to science, learning, medical ethics, and religion. -
Templeton Prize
In 2002 Polkinghorne was presented with the Templeton Prize and then became the Founding President of the International Society of Science and Religion. -
John speaking on quantum mechanics
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John Polkinghorne today
As of this year john Polkinghorne is still alive and in his 90s. He is still widely known for his work on brining science and theology together -
photo credits
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Citations
CONTRIBUTOR:
Darrell J. Turner
TITLE
John Polkinghorne
PUBLISHER
Encyclopædia Britannica
DATE PUBLISHED
October 12, 2020
URL
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Polkinghorne
ACCESS DATE
November 05, 2020
