William Bradford Shockley was an American physicist born on February 13, 1910. Along with his colleagues John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, he invented the transistor on July 5, 1956, for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year. In the 1960s, Shockley also founded the transistor technology center known as Silicon Valley.
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Meaning of the name - William
resolute protector, strong-willed warrior
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William Shockley belongs to the GI Generation group.
Place of Birth: London
Place of Death: Stanford
Cause of Death: prostate cancer
Educated At: California Institute of Technology | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation: university teacher | inventor | physicist
Spouses: Emmy Lanning | Jean Bailey
Employers: Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory | Bell Labs | Stanford University
Awards Received: Fellow of the American Physical Society | Holley Medal | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize | National Inventors Hall of Fame | Comstock Prize in Physics | Wilhelm Exner Medal | IEEE Medal of Honor | IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award | Time Person of the Year | Nobel Prize in Physics
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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.Ephemeris for February 13, 1910
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on February 13, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for February 13, 2026 |
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| Sun | 23 Aquarius 56 | 24 Aquarius 47 | 17 Gemini 45 |
| Moon | 10 Aries 24 | 8 Capricorn 6 | 14 Cancer 20 |
| Mercury | 28 Capricorn 35 | 11 Pisces 0 | 29 Taurus 18 |
| Venus | 22 Aquarius 19 | 3 Pisces 51 | 6 Taurus 39 |
| Mars | 12 Taurus 32 | 16 Aquarius 32 | 24 Cancer 0 |
| Jupiter | 13 Libra 57 | 16 Cancer 9 | 4 Libra 28 |
| Saturn | 19 Aries 34 | 29 Pisces 51 | 3 Taurus 6 |
| Uranus | 22 Capricorn 59 | 27 Taurus 30 | 24 Capricorn 34 |
| Neptune | 17 Cancer 1 | 0 Aries 30 | 17 Cancer 53 |
| Pluto | 24 Gemini 57 | 4 Aquarius 5 | 26 Gemini 10 |
| Rahu | 3 Gemini 27 | 9 Pisces 51 | 27 Taurus 19 |
| Ketu | 3 Sagittarius 27 | 9 Virgo 51 | 27 Scorpio 19 |
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