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Willard Boyle
Canadian physicist and inventor (1924–2011).
Born August 19th, 1924 in Amherst.
Died May 7th, 2011 at 86 years old in Wallace (kidney disease). [ref]
Occupations
executive, inventor, photographer, physicist, scientist
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