William Shockley - Palo Alto, CA
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N 37° 23.844 W 122° 07.778
10S E 577037 N 4139314
The grave of inventor William Shockley.
Waymark Code: WM150VH
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2021
Views: 1
"William Bradford Shockley Jr. (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American physicist and inventor. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. The three scientists were jointly awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for "their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect"." (
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Description:
Nobel Prize winner
Physicist
Date of birth: 02/13/1910
Date of death: 08/12/1989
Area of notoriety: Science/Technology
Marker Type: Tomb (above ground)
Setting: Indoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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