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  • Erik Gregersen
    Erik Gregersen is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica, specializing in the physical sciences and technology. Before joining Britannica in 2007, he worked at the University of Chicago Press on the Astrophysical Journal. Prior to that, he worked at McMaster University on the ODIN radio astronomy satellite project. 

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Site of Charles K. Kao Foundation for the Alzheimer’s Disease. Aug 18, 2026
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Biographical Memoirs - Sir Charles Kuen Kao. Jan 22, 2026
Anniversary information added. Oct 31, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 19, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Charles K. Kao—Father of Fiber Optics. Jul 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of Charles K. Kao Foundation for the Alzheimer’s Disease. Apr 19, 2025
Add new Web site: IEEE Xplore - The Electrical Engineer Who Clarified Glass (PDF). Feb 08, 2025
First paragraph modernization. May 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - Kuen Charles Kao (1933�2018). Feb 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Hong Kong Laureate Forum - Charles Kuen Kao. Dec 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Introduction to fiber optics: Sensors for biomedical applications (PDF). Sep 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Engineering and Technology History Wiki - Charles Kao. May 02, 2023
Add new Web site: The Royal Society - Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society - Sir Charles Kuen Kao. Mar 20, 2023
He died on September 23, 2018. Sep 24, 2018
Article revised and updated. May 25, 2012
Add new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Charles K. Kao. Aug 29, 2011
New article added. Oct 07, 2009
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