William Shockley

Quick Facts

Full Name	William Shockley
Occupation	Physicist
Date Of Birth	Feb 13, 1910(1910-02-13)
Age	114
Date Of Death	August 12, 1989, Stanford, CA
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

William Shockley Biography

William Shockley is one of the most popular and richest Physicist who was born on February 13, 1910 in London, England, United Kingdom. American physicist and co-inventor of the transistor who ushered in the electronics revolution and directly led to the electronics boom in Silicon Valley. He shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work.

He also became a strong proponent of Francis Galton‘s theory of eugenics, arguing that other races were intellectually inferior to whites, and that their high birthrate threatened humanity as a whole.

He was born in London, England, his father William Hillman Shockley a mining engineer.

William Shockley Net Worth

William Shockley is one of the richest Physicist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, William Shockley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After completing his education at Caltech and MIT, he joined Bell Labs in New York, before opening up his own laboratory in Mountain View, California.

Although a brilliant man himself, his dictatorial style turned away many of his brightest workers – eight of them went on to start Fairchild Semiconductor, an immediate success, while his own company was sold to Beckman Instruments.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

William Shockley height 6 feet 3 inches William weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is William Shockley Dating?

According to our records, William Shockley married to Emmy Lanning Shockley , Jean Bailey. As of December 1, 2023, William Shockley’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

William Ranked on the list of most popular Physicist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. William Shockley celebrates birthday on February 13 of every year.

What was William Shockley famous for?

William Shockley, Stanford professor and winner of the 1956 Nobel Prize in physics for his co-invention of the transistor , was arguably the single person most responsible for ushering in the computer age. He was also an ardent eugenicist whose theories of black racial inferiority eventually made him an academic pariah.

Did William Shockley win a Nobel Prize?

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 was awarded jointly to William Bradford Shockley , John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain “for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect.”

Is William Shockley still alive?

William Shockley
Died| August 12, 1989 (aged 79) Stanford, California, US
Nationality| American
Alma mater| Caltech (BS, 1932) MIT (PhD, 1936)

Who is the father of semiconductor?

Shockley invented these devices in 1950…. they are used in many power device applications today. Back in the 1950s, Dr. Shockley felt these devices would be more important than the transistor and wanted his engineering team at Shockley Semiconductor to focus on this.

Who invented transistor?

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