John Polkinghorne
John Charlton Polkinghorne was a Cornish theoretical physicist, theologian, and Anglican priest. A prominent and leading voice explaining the relationship between science and religion, he was professor of mathematical physics at the University of Cambridge from 1968 to 1979, when he resigned his chair to study for the priesthood, becoming an ordained Anglican priest in 1982. He served as the president of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1988 until 1996.
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Background
- Born in
- Weston-super-Mare
- Educated at
- University of CambridgeTrinity CollegeThe Perse SchoolWestcott HouseElmhurst Junior School
- Awards
- 🏆 Templeton Prize🏆 Knight Bachelor
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Abdus Salam
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Peter Goddard
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"God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show."
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1930
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