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Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne, KBE , FRS , PhD , ScD , MA , (born October 16 , 1930 in Weston-super-Mare , England ) is a British Particle Physicist and Theologian . He has written extensively on matters concerning science and faith, and was awarded the Templeton Prize in 2002. BIOGRAPHY He was educated at The Perse School , Cambridge. Following National Service in the Royal Army Educational Corps from 1948 to 1949, John Polkinghorne studied at Trinity College, Cambridge (receiving his MA in 1956) and then defended his Doctorate in physics in 1955, studying under the Quantum physicist Paul Dirac . For 25 years, Polkinghorne was a theoretical physicist working on theories of elementary particles and played a significant role in the discovery of the Quark . From 1968 to 1979 he was Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University , and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1974. He was Chairman of the Governors of The Perse School from 1972 to 1981. He resigned his professorial chair to study for the Church Of England ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge , becoming an ordained Anglican Priest in 1982. After five years in parochial Ministry , Polkinghorne returned to Cambridge to be Dean of Chapel at Trinity Hall , 1986-1989. He then became the President of Queens' College, Cambridge , a position from which he retired in 1996. In 1997 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order Of The British Empire (KBE) and in 2002 was awarded the Templeton Prize for his contributions to research at the interface between science and religion.For basic bio-details see ''Who's Who 2006'' Polkinghorne has been a member of the in 1993-4, which he later published as ''The Faith of a Physicist''. He has an official website including a questions-and-answers page where people from all over the world send him questions on science and religion. John Polkinghorne Q&A Page In 2006 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Hong Kong Baptist University as part of their 50-year celebrations. This included a public lecture on "The Dialogue between Science and Religion and |
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