"for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect"

William Shockley

1/3 of prize
USA
born 1910, (London, England), died 1989
CA - Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
AA - Bell Telephone Laboratories (Bell Labs), Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA
WA - Bell Telephone Laboratories (Bell Labs)

John Bardeen

1/3 of prize
USA
born 1908, died 1991
CA - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
AA - Bell Telephone Laboratories (Bell Labs), Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA
WA - Bell Telephone Laboratories (Bell Labs)

 

Walter Houser Brattain

1/3 of prize
USA
born 1902 (Amoy, China), died 1987
CA - Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA
AA - Bell Telephone Laboratories (Bell Labs), Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA
WA - Bell Telephone Laboratories (Bell Labs)

Additional Information:

• Nobel e-Museum Prize in Physics 1956
• Bell Labs Celebrates 50 Years of the Transistor

William Shockley:

• William Shockley: Time 100 Scientists & Thinkers (written by Gordon Moore)
• William Shockley: A Science Odyssey
• William Shockley: Still controversial, after all these years: Stanford University
• William B. Shockley: IEEE History Center

John Bardeen:

• John Bardeen Biography
• John Bardeen: Transistorized
• John Bardeen: Inventor Profile
• John Bardeen's papers at the University of Illinois
• John Bardeen Memorial Tribute: National Academies Press
• John Bardeen Obiturary
• John Bardeen also won the Noble Prize in Physics in 1972
• John Bardeen was the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes in Physics.

Walter Houser Brattain:

• Walter Brattain: Transistorized