Physicist
William Shockley
Shared the Nobel Prize for the transistor and founded the company whose defectors created Silicon Valley. He spent his last decades promoting racist theories of intelligence.
William Bradford Shockley was an American physicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. The three scientists were jointly awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect."
- Born
- 1910-02-13, London, EnglandA Sunday
- Died
- 1989-08-12, Stanford, California, USAA Saturday, aged 79
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1910-02-13, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 23°55′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 10°31′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 28°35′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 22°19′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Taurus | 12°32′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 14°12′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aries | 19°02′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 22°59′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 17°01′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 24°57′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1989-08-12, Stanford, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 20°01′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 25°00′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 12°25′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 23°41′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 5°49′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 2°31′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 7°59′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 1°39′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 10°00′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 12°29′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment William Shockley 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.