Engineer
Jack Kilby
Built the first integrated circuit in a Texas Instruments lab in 1958 while everybody else was on holiday, and later co-invented the pocket calculator.
Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American electrical engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958. For this invention, Kilby shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Born
- 1923-11-08, Jefferson City, Missouri, USAA Thursday
- Died
- 2005-06-20, Dallas, Texas, USAA Monday, aged 81
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1923-11-08, Jefferson City, Missouri, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 15°18′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 16°49′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 10°55′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 0°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 13°46′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 26°27′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 25°43′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 13°43′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 20°19′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 12°15′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2005-06-20, Dallas, Texas, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 29°27′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 9°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 18°04′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 20°50′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 5°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 9°17′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 26°45′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 10°45′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 17°20′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 23°00′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Jack Kilby was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.