John Polkinghorne

The Reverend Canon
John Polkinghorne
KBE FRS
The Reverend Canon John Polkinghorne KBE FRS
	Polkinghorne in 2007
President of Queens' College, Cambridge
	In office; 1988–1996
Preceded by	Ronald Oxburgh
Succeeded by	Lord Eatwell
Personal details
Born	John Charlton Polkinghorne; 16 October 1930; Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Died	9 March 2021 (aged 90); Cambridge, England
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Spouse	Ruth Polkinghorne (m. 1955)
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society (1974); KBE (1997); Templeton Prize (2002);
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Ordained	1981 (deacon); 1982 (priest);
Offices held	Vicar of Blean (1984–1986); Dean of Chapel at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (1986–1989); Canon Theologian of Liverpool Cathedral (1994–2005);
Academic background
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Thesis	Contributions to Quantum Field Theory (1955)
Doctoral advisor	Nicholas Kemmer; Abdus Salam;
Influences	Ian Barbour; Paul Dirac; Murray Gell-Mann; Bernard Lonergan; Jürgen Moltmann; Michael Polanyi; W. H. Vanstone;
Academic work
Discipline	Physics; theology;
Sub-discipline	Mathematical physics; particle physics;
School or tradition	Evangelical Anglicanism; theological critical realism;
Institutions	University of Edinburgh; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Queens' College, Cambridge;
Doctoral students	David Fairlie; Peter Goddard; Peter Landshoff; Sir Tom Kibble; James Stirling;
Main interests	Quantum field theory; relationship between science and religion;
Notable works	The Way the World Is (1983); Faith, Science and Understanding (2000);

John Charlton Polkinghorne KBE FRS (16 October 1930 – 9 March 2021) was 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.

Polkinghorne was the author of five books on physics and twenty-six on the relationship between science and religion; his publications include The Quantum World (1989), Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship (2005), Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion (2007), and Questions of Truth (2009). The Polkinghorne Reader (edited by Thomas Jay Oord) provides key excerpts from Polkinghorne's most influential books. He was knighted in 1997 and in 2002 received the £1-million Templeton Prize, awarded for exceptional contributions to affirming life's spiritual dimension.

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