What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: To honour the memory of Dr George Hockham 1938 - 2013 Co-inventor of Optical fibre communications at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories 1960 - 1970 Co-author of the seminal paper 1966 A Harlow Achievement Recorded plaque organisation: Harlow Civic Society.
Dr. George Hockham was a physicist who co-invented optical fiber communications at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories in the 1960s, significantly advancing telecommunications technology with his 1966 seminal paper.
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