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Gerald Pearson

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American physicist

United StatesScientistsLived 1905 to 1987 · aged 82
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Gerald L. Pearson was an American physicist whose work on silicon rectifiers at Bell Labs led to the invention of the solar cell. In 2008, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

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2008National Inventors Hall of Fame
1964Golden Plate Award
1963John Price Wetherill Medal
1956John Scott Award
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Gordon E. Moore Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Solid State Science and Technology

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Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1987 · aged 82
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