1 career
1.1 physics
1.2 priesthood , queens college
1.3 awards
career
physics
he joined christian union of uccf while @ cambridge , met future wife, ruth martin, member of union , mathematics student. married on 26 march 1955, , @ end of year sailed liverpool new york. polkinghorne accepted postdoctoral harkness fellowship california institute of technology, worked murray gell-mann. toward end of fellowship offered position lecturer @ university of edinburgh, took in 1956.
after 2 years in scotland, returned teach @ cambridge in 1958. promoted reader in 1965, , in 1968 offered professorship in mathematical physics, position held until 1979, students including brian josephson , martin rees. 25 years, worked on theories elementary particles, played role in discovery of quark, , researched analytic , high-energy properties of feynman integrals , foundations of s-matrix theory. while employed cambridge, spent time @ princeton, berkeley, stanford, , @ cern in geneva. elected fellow of royal society in 1974.
priesthood , queens college
polkinghorne decided train priesthood in 1977. said in interview felt had done bit science after 25 years, , best mathematical work behind him; christianity had been central life, ordination offered attractive second career. resigned chair in 1979 study @ westcott house, cambridge, anglican theological college, becoming ordained priest on 6 june 1982 (trinity sunday). ceremony held @ trinity college, cambridge , presided on bishop john a. t. robinson. worked 5 years curate in south bristol, vicar in blean, kent, before returning cambridge in 1986 dean of chapel @ trinity hall. became president of queens college year, position held until retirement in 1996. served canon theologian of liverpool cathedral 1994 2005.
awards
in 1997 made knight commander of order of british empire (kbe), although ordained priest in church of england, not styled sir john polkinghorne . honorary fellow of st chad s college, durham , awarded honorary doctorate university of durham in 1998; , in 2002 awarded templeton prize contributions research @ interface between science , religion. spoke on universe creation @ trotter prize ceremony in 2003.
he has been member of bma medical ethics committee, general synod of church of england, doctrine commission, , human genetics commission. served chairman of governors of perse school 1972 1981. fellow of queens college, cambridge , 10 years canon theologian of liverpool cathedral. founding member of society of ordained scientists , of international society science , religion, of first president. selected give prestigious gifford lectures in 1993–1994, later published faith of physicist.
in 2006 awarded honorary doctorate hong kong baptist university part of 50-year celebrations. included giving public lecture on dialogue between science , religion , significance academy , east–west dialogue yang chen-ning, nobel laureate in physics. member of staff of psychology , religion research group @ cambridge university.
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