Willard Boyle

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Boyle in 2009
Born(1924-08-19)August 19, 1924
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedMay 7, 2011(2011-05-07)(aged 86)
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
CitizenshipCanada and United States
Alma mater
  • McGill University
  • Lower Canada College
Known forCharge-coupled device
Spouse(s)
Betty Boyle
(m. 1946)
Children4
Awards
  • Stuart Ballantine Medal(1973)
  • IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award(1974)
  • Draper Prize(2006)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics(2009)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied physics
InstitutionsBell Labs
ThesisThe construction of a Dempster type mass spectrometer: its use in the measurement of the diffusion rates of certain alkali metals in tungsten (1950)
Doctoral advisorH.G.I. Watson