Willard Boyle

Description: (Canadian Physicist)
Willard Boyle revolutionized physics with the invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD), which also earned him, and his co-inventor George E. Smith, a Nobel Prize. During his time at Bellcomm, he was associated with the Apollo space program. Both he and Smith worked for Bell Laboratories, too.

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Birthday August 19, 1924 (Leo)
Born In Amherst, Canada
Died on May 7, 2011
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