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Willard Boyle

1924-08-19 – 2011-05-07

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Nobel Prize 2009, press conference with the laureates at the KVA: Willard Boyle.Credit: Prolineserver (talk)

Life & Legacy

Willard Sterling Boyle (August 19, 1924 – May 7, 2011) 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.
As director of Space Science and Exploratory Studies at Bellcomm, Boyle helped select lunar landing sites and provided support for the Apollo space program.

Occupation & Career

physicist, inventor, photographer, scientist, executive

Education

McGill University; Lower Canada College

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Nobel Prize in Physics; Stuart Ballantine Medal; Companion of the Order of Canada; National Inventors Hall of Fame; Charles Stark Draper Prize; IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award; Edwin H. Land Medal; Great Immigrants Award

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Charles Stark Draper Prize · Companion of the Order of Canada · Edwin H. Land Medal · Great Immigrants Award · IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award · National Inventors Hall of Fame · Nobel Prize in Physics · Stuart Ballantine Medal

Employer

Bell Labs

Organizations & Memberships

American Physical Society

Education & Institutions

Lower Canada College · McGill University

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q73058 — wikidata View source

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