William Shockley

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American inventor physicist

William Shockley was an American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor whose work helped launch the field of solid-state electronics and earned him a share of the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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William Shockley canonical 19
William Bradford Shockley 2
Nobel laureate William Shockley 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Comstock Prize in Physics ⓘ
IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
Stuart Ballantine Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath prostate cancer ⓘ
coInvented transistor ⓘ
coInventedWith John Bardeen ⓘ
Walter Brattain ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1910-02-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1989-08-12 ⓘ
educatedAt California Institute of Technology ⓘ
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
employer Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory ⓘ
Stanford University ⓘ
familyName Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory ⓘ
surface form: Shockley
fieldOfWork electronics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
solid-state physics ⓘ
founded Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory ⓘ
fullName William Shockley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Bradford Shockley
givenName William ⓘ
knownFor Shockley diode equation ⓘ
Shockley–Queisser limit ⓘ
co-invention of the transistor ⓘ
development of solid-state electronics ⓘ
memberOf American Physical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
militaryService United States Navy ⓘ
nobelPrizeCategory Physics ⓘ
nobelPrizeFor researches on semiconductors and discovery of the transistor effect ⓘ
nobelPrizeYear 1956 ⓘ
notableStudent none widely recognized (controversial figure) ⓘ
occupation electrical engineer ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth London, England ⓘ
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
placeOfDeath Stanford, California ⓘ
surface form: Stanford, California, United States
positionHeld director of transistor physics research at Bell Labs ⓘ
professor of engineering at Stanford University ⓘ
residence Palo Alto, California ⓘ
surface form: Palo Alto, California, United States

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John Bardeen → coInventorWith → William Shockley ⓘ
IEEE Medal of Honor → notableRecipient → William Shockley ⓘ
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Walter Brattain → coInventorWith → William Shockley ⓘ
Walter Brattain → sharesNobelPrizeWith → William Shockley ⓘ
Franklin Medal → notableRecipient → William Shockley ⓘ
Shockley diode equation → namedAfter → William Shockley ⓘ
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Shockley–Queisser limit → namedAfter → William Shockley ⓘ
Shockley–Queisser limit → wasIntroducedBy → William Shockley ⓘ
John Fritz Medal → notableRecipient → William Shockley ⓘ
Fairchild Eight → associatedWithPerson → William Shockley ⓘ
William R. Shockley → familyName → William Shockley ⓘ
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Hans Queisser → coAuthor → William Shockley ⓘ
Hans Queisser → influencedBy → William Shockley ⓘ