1908 - 1991 (82 years) Submit Photo / Document
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Name |
John Bardeen |
Title |
Doctor |
Born |
23 May 1908 |
Madison, Dane, Wisconsin |
Gender |
Male |
Biographical Information |
1919 |
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Lad of 10 Wins Award. The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin. Thursday afternoon, June 19, 1919 page 5. |
Census |
1920 |
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1920 Bardeen. 1920 US census, Dane, Wisconsin, enumeration district 45, Family Number 172, Bardeen. |
Census |
1930 |
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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. |
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Wins Second Nobel Prize. The Holland (Michigan) Evening Sentinel, Friday, October 20, 1972 page one. |
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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. |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 23 May 1908 - Madison, Dane, Wisconsin |
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| Married - 18 Jul 1938 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania |
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| Died - 30 Jan 1991 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts |
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| Buried - - Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States |
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