Walter Brattain

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Nobel laureate human inventor physicist

Walter Brattain was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known as one of the co-inventors of the transistor.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate → human → inventor → physicist →
awardReceived	Nobel Prize in Physics → Stuart Ballantine Medal →
causeOfDeath	Alzheimer's disease →
citizenship	United States of America →
coInventorOf	point-contact transistor →
coInventorWith	John Bardeen → William Shockley →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1902-02-10 →
dateOfDeath	1987-10-13 →
doctoralAdvisor	Karl Taylor Compton →
educatedAt	Princeton University → University of Minnesota → Whitman College →
employer	Bell Telephone Laboratories → Whitman College →
ethnicGroup	American people of Scottish descent →
familyName	Brattain →
fieldOfWork	semiconductor physics → solid-state physics →
givenName	Walter →
hasAcademicPosition	professor at Whitman College →
hasPartIn	development of semiconductor electronics →
influenced	information technology industry → modern electronics →
knownFor	co-inventing the transistor →
languageSpoken	English →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
memberOf	Bell Telephone Laboratories →
nobelPrizeDiscipline	Physics →
nobelPrizeYear	1956 →
notableStudent	Walter H. Brattain students at Whitman College →
notableWork	invention of the transistor →
occupation	physicist → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Amoy, Fujian, Qing dynasty → Xiamen, China →
placeOfDeath	Seattle, Washington, United States →
residence	United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →
sharesNobelPrizeWith	John Bardeen → William Shockley →
workLocation	Murray Hill, New Jersey →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Bardeen → William Shockley →	coInventedWith
John Bardeen →	coInventorWith
Bell Telephone Laboratories →	employed
Walter Brattain ("Brattain") →	familyName
Franklin Medal →	notableRecipient