Willard Boyle
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 13 years ago |
Date of birth | August 19,1924 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Amherst |
Canada | |
Date of died | May 7,2011 |
Died | Truro |
Canada | |
Known for | Charge-coupled device |
Residence | Canada |
Awards | Stuart Ballantine Medal |
IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award | |
Nobel Prize in Physics | |
Charles Stark Draper Prize | |
Spous | Betty Boyle |
Education | McGill University |
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ID | 704977 |
Willard Boyle Life story
Willard Sterling Boyle, CC was a Canadian physicist. He was a pioneer in the field of laser technology and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. As director of Space Science and Exploratory Studies at Bellcomm he helped select lunar landing sites and provided support for the Apollo space program.