Sir John Polkinghorne

John Polkinghorne worked for many years as a theoretical elementary particle physicist.  From 1968 to 1979 he was Professor of Mathematical Physics in the University of Cambridge, before resigning to train for the ministry of the Church of England.  After working as a parish priest, he returned to Cambridge and in 1996 retired from being President of Queens' College.  He is an Anglican priest and a Fellow of the Royal Society and was knighted by the Queen in 1997.  He has written many books about science and religion, including The Faith of a Physicist (1994).

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