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John Polkinghorne (born October 16, 1930, still alive)

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  • Birth of John Polkinghorne

    Birth of John Polkinghorne
    John Polkinghorne is born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England.

  • Bachelor's degree in Mathematics

    He earned his first degree for Trinity College in mathematics.

  • Master's Degree

    He also earned a master’s degree from Trinity College

  • Last Degree and work

    He earned a doctorate in quantum field theory from Trinity College.
    He also became a lecturer at the college that year.

  • Became Professor

    He became a Professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge.

  • Priest

    Priest
    In 1979, he began seeking knowledge and became an ordained Anglican priest in 1982 which is associated with the Church of England.

  • Templeton Prize

    Templeton Prize
    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.

  • Visual

    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