Calvin Souther Fuller Scientist

Calvin Souther Fuller (May 25, 1902 – October 28, 1994) was a physical chemist at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he worked for 37 years from 1930 to 1967. Fuller was part of a team in basic research that found answers to physical challenges. He helped develop synthetic rubber during World War II, he was involved in early experiments of zone melting, he is credited with devising the method of transistor production yielding diffusion transistors, he produced some of the first solar cells with high efficiency, and he researched polymers and their applications.

Personal facts

Calvin Souther Fuller
Birth dateMay 25, 1902
Nationality
United States
Citizenship
United States
Date of deathOctober 28, 1994
Place of death
Florida , Vero Beach Florida
Education
University of Chicago
Known for
Invention of the Solar cell

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Scientist

awards
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Franklin Institute
New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame
Field of study
Physical chemistry

Calvin Souther Fuller on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://69.7.74.37/discover/collections/oral-histories/details/fuller-calvin-s.aspx
  2. http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/classics1979/A1979HE73500001.pdf
  3. http://www.aps.org/publications/capitolhillquarterly/200904/physicshistory.cfm
  4. http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/02/obituaries/calvin-s-fuller-92-chemist-was-co-inventor-of-solar-cell.html