Willard Boyle
Canadian physicist and inventor (1924-2011) · Canada · Scientists · Died at 86
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Something wrong?Willard Sterling Boyle was a Canadian applied physicist who shared one half of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics with George E. Smith for their invention of the charge-coupled device.
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2011Died7 May 20112010Great Immigrants AwardAward2009Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward2006Charles Stark Draper PrizeAwardNational Inventors Hall of FameAward2001Edwin H. Land MedalAward1974IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial AwardAward1973Stuart Ballantine MedalAward1924Born19 August 1924
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Country
Canada
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2011 · aged 86
In common with Willard
Edward Victor AppletonBoth received IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
Arthur Leonard SchawlowBoth received IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
George E. SmithBoth received Edwin H. Land Medal
Martin RyleBoth received IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
Philo FarnsworthBoth received IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
John WarnockBoth received Edwin H. Land MedalFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.