Doctor John Bardeen

1908 - 1991  (82 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	John Bardeen
  Title	Doctor
  Born	23 May 1908	Madison, Dane, Wisconsin
  Gender	Male
  Biographical Information	1919
  		Lad of 10 Wins Award. The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin. Thursday afternoon, June 19, 1919 page 5.
  Census	1920
  		1920 Bardeen. 1920 US census, Dane, Wisconsin, enumeration district 45, Family Number 172, Bardeen.
  Census	1930
  		1930 Bardeen. 1930 US census, Dane, Wisconsin, enumeration district 13-35, Family Number 32, Bardeen.
  Occupation	1945
  	An electrical engineer who was the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon N Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity.
  		Wins Second Nobel Prize. The Holland (Michigan) Evening Sentinel, Friday, October 20, 1972 page one.
  		John Bardeen Magazine. John Bardeen on a magazine cover from September 1948 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain at Bell Labs where they invented the first transistor.
  Occupation	1951
  	He became a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His first Ph.D. student was Nick Holonyak the inventor of the first LED.
  		Bardeen Plaque. In honor of his time spent as a professor, the engineering quadrangle at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is named the Bardeen.
  Died	30 Jan 1991	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  	Although he lived in Champaign-Urbana, he had come to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, for medical consultation.
  		Dr John Bardeen Obituary. The New York Times, Thursday, January 31, 1991 section B, page 9.
  Buried	Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States
  Siblings	4 siblings
  1. William Bardeen,   b. Abt 1907, Wisconsin
  2. Helen Bardeen,   b. Abt 1911, Wisconsin
  3. Thomas Bardeen,   b. Abt 1913, Wisconsin
  4. Ann Bardeen,   b. 17 Sep 1921, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ,   d. 23 Nov 2008
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I22937	Nagel
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Charles Russell Bardeen,   b. 8 Feb 1871, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan ,   d. 12 Jun 1935, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Althea Harmer,   b. 10 Sep 1872, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ,   d. 20 Apr 1920, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin  (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	5 Aug 1905	Chicago, Cook, Illinois
  Family ID	F7518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Maxwell,   b. 7 Apr 1907,   d. 31 Mar 1997  (Age 89 years)
  Married	18 Jul 1938	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. James Maxwell Bardeen,   b. 1939  [Birth]   2. William Allen Bardeen,   b. 1941  [Birth]   3. Elizabeth Bardeen,   b. 1944,   d. 2000  (Age 56 years)  [Birth]
  Documents		Bardeen Maxwell Marriage. Bardeen - Maxwell application for marriage licence.
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F7519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 May 1908 - Madison, Dane, Wisconsin Married - 18 Jul 1938 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Died - 30 Jan 1991 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Buried - - Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		John Bardeen. John Bardeen.
  		John Bardeen. John Bardeen, electrical engineer - My 11th cousin twice removed. Twice awarded the The Nobel Prize in physics.
  		Althea Harmer. Althea Harmer.

  
  

  Documents

  Vacuum-Less Vacuum Tube. Traverse City (Michigan) Record Eagle, Tuesday, July 6, 1948 page 11.

  
  

  Stamps & Coins

  American Scientist Stamps. American Scientist Stamps. Issued 6 March 2008.