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John Clarke

British physicist (born 1942)

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John Clarke (born 10 February 1942) is a British experimental physicist and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his various works on measurement devices based on superconductivity. Steven Girvin has called Clarke "the godfather of superconducting electronics."

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Cambridge wd
Citizenship
United Kingdom wd
Occupation
physicist, materials scientist wd
Education
University of Cambridge wd

Awards wd

  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • Fellow of the Royal Society
  • Hughes Medal (2004)
  • Fritz London Award (1987)
  • Comstock Prize in Physics (1999)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science (1998)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)

About

In the 1980s, Clarke led a research team that included John M. Martinis and Michel Devoret. Their discoveries in macroscopic quantum phenomena using the Josephson effect earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2025.

Questions

When was John Clarke born?
John Clarke was born on 10 February 1942 in Cambridge.
Where did John Clarke study?
John Clarke was educated at University of Cambridge.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): John Clarke · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q555849 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: John Clarke (physicist) 2025 (4x5).png by UC Berkeley (CC BY 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 14 November 2026

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"John Clarke". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/john-clarke. Retrieved 15 November 2026.

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