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Willard Boyle
Willard Sterling Boyle
Canadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011).
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Male
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Physicist
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Photographer
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Place of Birth
Amherst
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Canada
United States
Educated At
McGill University
Lower Canada College
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Date of Birth
8/19/1924
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5/7/2011
Nobel Prize in Physics
(2009)
Together With
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Charles K. Kao
Together With
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George E. Smith
Award Rationale
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for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor
Award Rationale
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för uppfinningen av en avbildande halvledarkrets – CCD-detektorn
Point in Time
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2009
Prize Money
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2,500,000 Swedish krona
Stuart Ballantine Medal
(1973)
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1973
Companion of the Order of Canada
National Inventors Hall of Fame
(2006)
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2006
Charles Stark Draper Prize
(2006)
Award Rationale
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for the invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD), a light-sensitive component at the heart of digital cameras and other widely used imaging technologies
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2006
IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
(1974)
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1974
Edwin H. Land Medal
(2001)
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2001
Great Immigrants Award
(2010)
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2010
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