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Born in England,<ref name="OpticsOrg"/> Love received a masters and DPhil in [[applied mathematics]] from the [[University of Cambridge]] and [[University of Oxford]].<ref name="spie.org"/> He was a postdoc in San Diego and Toronto, before moving to Australia in 1973,<ref name="canberratimes"/><ref name="NaturePhotonics"/> where he became a postdoc [[fellow]] in ANU's applied mathematics department.<ref name="Marcuse2012">{{cite book|last=Marcuse|first=Dieter|title=A Dream Come True: Growing up in Germany, Growing old in the USA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYbuYFWCODcC&pg=PA294|year=2012|publisher=Author House|location=Bloomington, IN|isbn=978-1-4772-3238-5|page=294}}</ref> He was a Life Member of the [[Australian Optical Society]] (AOS) and in 2009 received the most prestigious award of the AOS, the Beattie Steel medal.<ref name="OpticsOrg"/><ref name="spie.org"/><ref name="Beattie)-Steel-Medal">{{cite web|url=http://optics.org.au/W.H.(Beattie)-Steel-Medal|title=Australian Optical Society - W.H. (Beattie) Steel Medal|publisher=Australian Optical Society}}</ref>
Born in England,<ref name="OpticsOrg"/> Love received a masters and DPhil in [[applied mathematics]] from the [[University of Cambridge]] and [[University of Oxford]].<ref name="spie.org"/> He was a postdoc in San Diego and Toronto, before moving to Australia in 1973,<ref name="canberratimes"/><ref name="NaturePhotonics"/> where he became a postdoc [[fellow]] in ANU's applied mathematics department.<ref name="Marcuse2012">{{cite book|last=Marcuse|first=Dieter|title=A Dream Come True: Growing up in Germany, Growing old in the USA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYbuYFWCODcC&pg=PA294|year=2012|publisher=Author House|location=Bloomington, IN|isbn=978-1-4772-3238-5|page=294}}</ref> He was a Life Member of the [[Australian Optical Society]] (AOS) and in 2009 received the most prestigious award of the AOS, the Beattie Steel medal.<ref name="OpticsOrg"/><ref name="spie.org"/><ref name="Beattie)-Steel-Medal">{{cite web|url=http://optics.org.au/W.H.(Beattie)-Steel-Medal|title=Australian Optical Society - W.H. (Beattie) Steel Medal|publisher=Australian Optical Society}}</ref>


As an Emeritus Professor at ANU he helped create the Wanda Henry Scholarship in Photonics.<ref name="NaturePhotonics"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anu.edu.au/giving/support-us/wanda-henry-scholarship-in-photonics|title=Wanda Henry Scholarship in Photonics|date=25 October 2014|publisher=[[Australian National University]]}}</ref>
As an Emeritus Professor at ANU he helped create the Wanda Henry Scholarship in Photonics.<ref name="NaturePhotonics"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anu.edu.au/giving/support-us/wanda-henry-scholarship-in-photonics|title=Wanda Henry Scholarship in Photonics|date=25 October 2014|publisher=[[Australian National University]]}}</ref> and later the Love Scholarship.


In 2015 Love cofounded the Australian company Modular Photonics.<ref name="spie.org">{{cite web|url=http://spie.org/about-spie/press-room/spie-member-news/memoriam-john-love-optics-educator|title=In Memoriam: Optics educator John Love, emeritus professor in guided-wave photonics at Australian National University and author of the widely used textbook, Optical Waveguide Theory|publisher=[[SPIE]]|date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modularphotonics.com/?page_id=11|title=About Us - Modular Photonics|publisher=Modular Photonics}}</ref>
In 2015 Love cofounded the Australian company Modular Photonics.<ref name="spie.org">{{cite web|url=http://spie.org/about-spie/press-room/spie-member-news/memoriam-john-love-optics-educator|title=In Memoriam: Optics educator John Love, emeritus professor in guided-wave photonics at Australian National University and author of the widely used textbook, Optical Waveguide Theory|publisher=[[SPIE]]|date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modularphotonics.com/?page_id=11|title=About Us - Modular Photonics|publisher=Modular Photonics}}</ref>

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John Love
Born(1942-10-02)2 October 1942
England
Died19 June 2016(2016-06-19) (aged 73)
Canberra, Australia
Known forFibre optics,
Optical waveguide theory
Scientific career
FieldsPhotonics
InstitutionsAustralian National University

John Love (2 October 1942 – 19 June 2016)[1] was a pioneer in the field of fibre optics,[2] who co-authoring the widely used textbook Optical Waveguide Theory and was Emeritus Professor of guided wave photonics at Australian National University (ANU).[3][4]

Biography

Born in England,[1] Love received a masters and DPhil in applied mathematics from the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford.[4] He was a postdoc in San Diego and Toronto, before moving to Australia in 1973,[2][3] where he became a postdoc fellow in ANU's applied mathematics department.[5] He was a Life Member of the Australian Optical Society (AOS) and in 2009 received the most prestigious award of the AOS, the Beattie Steel medal.[1][4][6]

As an Emeritus Professor at ANU he helped create the Wanda Henry Scholarship in Photonics.[3][7] and later the Love Scholarship.

In 2015 Love cofounded the Australian company Modular Photonics.[4][8]

Publications

  • 1983 Snyder, A.W.; Love, John (30 November 1983). Optical Waveguide Theory. ISBN 978-0412099502.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Australian Optical Society - Vale Professor John Love". Australian Optical Society. 19 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b Macdonald, Emma (14 November 2014). "$1 million gift of Love to ANU from fibre optics pioneer Emeritus Professor John Love". Canberra Times.
  3. ^ a b c "The philanthropist scholar". Nature Photonics. 10 (561): 561. 2016. Bibcode:2016NaPho..10..561.. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.175.
  4. ^ a b c d "In Memoriam: Optics educator John Love, emeritus professor in guided-wave photonics at Australian National University and author of the widely used textbook, Optical Waveguide Theory". SPIE. 12 July 2016.
  5. ^ Marcuse, Dieter (2012). A Dream Come True: Growing up in Germany, Growing old in the USA. Bloomington, IN: Author House. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-4772-3238-5.
  6. ^ "Australian Optical Society - W.H. (Beattie) Steel Medal". Australian Optical Society.
  7. ^ "Wanda Henry Scholarship in Photonics". Australian National University. 25 October 2014.
  8. ^ "About Us - Modular Photonics". Modular Photonics.
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