He is a leading academic in the field of quantum optics and is the recipient of several major awards including the Royal Medal from the Royal Society and the Thomas Young Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics. He is a former president of the Institute of Physics and the Optical Society of America, the first non North American-based person to take the position. He is described as "one of the UK’s most influential scientists and leaders of scientific policy" by his peers. Academic career

Knight's work is concerned principally with theoretical quantum optics, strong field physics and especially quantum information science. He was educated at Bedford Modern School. When Knight began his University education he attended Sussex University to read chemistry, but soon realised physics interested him more. He received his first degree and D.Phil. from Sussex University and became research associate at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Rochester and at the Physics Department and SLAC, Stanford University (US). He spent three years doing post-doctoral research in the US in the group of Joseph Eberly which gave him experience of working with "incredibly gifted people". He was then SRC research fellow at Sussex University, and later visiting scientist at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US.
A wing three-quarter, Storey represented at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1920 to 1921. They played 10 matches for the All Blacks including two internationals, scoring a total of 50 points (16 tries and one conversion). Born at Temuka on 11 February 1897, Storey was one of three children of Elizabeth Storey (née Wright) and her husband, William Storey, a tailor. Their older sister, Laurel became a noted community leader, and their older brother, Robert, was killed in action on the Western Front in 1917. Storey served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a sergeant in the Otago Infantry Regiment during World War I. They enlisted in July 1916 and was wounded by shrapnel in their right thigh at Passchendaele in October 1917. After the conclusion of the war, they were a member of the New Zealand Army rugby team that won the King's Cup and then toured South Africa, scoring 13 tries. During World War II, Storey served in the army in New Zealand as a warrant officer class 1 from 1940 to 1945. They died at Timaru on 4 October 1975. References Category:1897 births Category:1975 deaths Category: People from Temuka Category: New Zealand rugby union players Category: New Zealand international rugby union players Category: South Canterbury rugby union players Category: Rugby union wings Category: New Zealand military personnel of World War I