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Willard S. Boyle

nobel prize for physics


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Willard S. Boyle
Full Name
of the recipient		Willard S. Boyle
AwardNobel Prize in Physics
Year of Award2009
Share in Award25.0%
Award Shared withCharles Kuen Kao (50.0%)
George E. Smith (25.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Place of BirthAmherst, NS, Canada CAN
Date of Birth19 August 1924
Age
at the time of Award		84 years
Place of DeathTruro, NS, Canada CAN
Date of Death7 May 2011
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