William Bradford Shockley

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Bradford_Shockley
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:inventor
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:award gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:awardYear 1956
gptkbp:birthDate 1910-02-13
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Alison_Shockley
gptkb:Richard_Shockley
Mary Shockley
William Shockley Jr.
gptkbp:controversy views on eugenics
race and intelligence debate
gptkbp:deathDate 1989-08-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Palo_Alto,_California,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:John_C._Slater
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Hans_Queisser
gptkb:James_M._Early
gptkbp:education gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Bell_Labs
gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkbp:field physics
semiconductor physics
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Shockley_Semiconductor_Laboratory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Bradford Shockley
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Shockley–Queisser_limit
gptkb:Shockley_diode_equation
co-inventing the transistor
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:John_Bardeen
gptkb:Walter_Brattain
gptkbp:parent gptkb:William_Hillman_Shockley
May Bradford Shockley
gptkbp:patent transistor patent
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Electrons_and_Holes_in_Semiconductors
gptkbp:rank Lieutenant Colonel
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Alta_Mesa_Memorial_Park,_Palo_Alto,_California
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jean_Bailey
gptkb:Emilie_Bay
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_B._Shockley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8