Biography of William Bradford Shockley

William Bradford Shockley (* 13. February 1910 in London; † 12. August 1989 in Stanford) was an amerikanischer Physiker und Nobelpreisträger für die Entdeckung des Transistoreffekts. He was 79 years old. He was married to Emmy Lanning. His education included California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked at Bell Labs, Stanford University and Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory. His faith was atheism. He received 10 awards, including Nobel Prize in Physics, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize. His cause of death was prostate cancer. He was buried at Palo Alto.