Willard Boyle Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Willard Boyle was a Canadian physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009. He was born on August 19, 1924, in Amherst, Canada. Boyle earned his PhD from McGill University in Canada and served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. He worked at Bell Labs in the United States, ultimately retiring in 1979 as the executive director of the communication sciences department. Notably, in 1969, Boyle co-invented the charge-coupled device (CCD) with George Smith, a crucial technology for digital cameras.

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Meaning of the name - Willard

strong-willed warrior

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August 19, 1924 Facts

Generation Group

Willard Boyle belongs to the GI Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Amherst

Place of Death: Wallace

Cause of Death: kidney disease

Educated At: Lower Canada College | McGill University

Occupation: executive | inventor | physicist | photographer | scientist

Employers: Bell Labs

Awards Received: Great Immigrants Award | Edwin H. Land Medal | Companion of the Order of Canada | Stuart Ballantine Medal | National Inventors Hall of Fame | Charles Stark Draper Prize | IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award | Nobel Prize in Physics

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Astrology Analysis

Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.