Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for William Shockley across 7 places, from 1910 to 1989.
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William Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American physicist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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13 February 1910exact date
Londonattested“William Bradford Shockley was born on February 13, 1910, in London to American parents, and was raised in the family's hometown of Palo Alto, California, from the age of three.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1927year
Harker Schoolattested“Shockley spent two years at Palo Alto Military Academy, then briefly enrolled in the Los Angeles Coaching School to study physics and later graduated from Hollywood High School in 1927.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1927year
Hollywood High Schoolattested“Shockley spent two years at Palo Alto Military Academy, then briefly enrolled in the Los Angeles Coaching School to study physics and later graduated from Hollywood High School in 1927.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1927year
Palo Altoattested“Shockley spent two years at Palo Alto Military Academy, then briefly enrolled in the Los Angeles Coaching School to study physics and later graduated from Hollywood High School in 1927.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
March 1970month
United Statesattested“The Foundation for Research and Education on Eugenics and Dysgenics (FREED) was a non-profit organization founded in March 1970 in the United States formed to support the research of Shockley, who was the president of the foundation and R.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
12 August 1989exact date
Stanford, Californiaattested“Shockley died of prostate cancer on August 12, 1989, in Stanford, California, at the age of 79.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
12 August 1989exact date
Stanfordattested“Shockley died of prostate cancer on August 12, 1989, in Stanford, California, at the age of 79.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
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22 October 1925exact date
Canadamentioned“Bell Labs' attorneys soon discovered Shockley's field effect principle had been anticipated and devices based on it patented in 1930 by Julius Lilienfeld, who filed his MESFET-like patent in Canada on October 22, 1925.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1932year
California Institute of Technologymentioned“from the California Institute of Technology in 1932 and a Ph.D.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1932year
Californiamentioned“from the California Institute of Technology in 1932 and a Ph.D.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
May 1942month
Columbia Universitymentioned“In May 1942, he took leave from Bell Labs to become a research director at Columbia University's Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1953year
Caltechmentioned“Shockley left Bell Labs around 1953 and took a job at Caltech.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1956year
Palo Alto, Californiamentioned“In 1956, Shockley started Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View, California, which was close to his elderly mother in Palo Alto, California.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1956year
Mountain View, Californiamentioned“In 1956, Shockley started Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View, California, which was close to his elderly mother in Palo Alto, California.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1956 to 2002period
Silicon Valleymentioned“A group of about thirty colleagues have met on and off since 1956 to reminisce about their time with Shockley, "the man who brought silicon to Silicon Valley", as the group's organizer said in 2002.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1968year
Brooklynmentioned“In one incident, the science society Sigma Xi, fearing violence, canceled a 1968 convocation in Brooklyn where Shockley was scheduled to speak.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
1982year
Californiamentioned“Shockley was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 1982 United States Senate election in California.”source: Wikipedia: William Shockley
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