List of Famous people with last name Polkinghorne

John Polkinghorne

First Name John
Last Name Polkinghorne
Born on October 16, 1930
Died on March 9, 2021 (aged 90)

John Charlton Polkinghorne, is an English 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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