Bette Davis vs William Shockley
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Compare the life timelines of Bette Davis (1908–1989) and William Shockley (1910–1989) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 79 years, from 1910 to 1989.
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Bette Davis (1908–1989)
- — Born in Lowell, Massachusetts Verified
- — Signed a contract with Warner Bros. Verified
- — Won her first Academy Award for Dangerous Verified
- — Won her second Academy Award for Jezebel Verified
- — Served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Verified
- — Co-founded the Hollywood Canteen Verified
- — Starred in All About Eve Verified
- — Starred in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Verified
- — Received the AFI Life Achievement Award Verified
- — Died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Verified
William Shockley (1910–1989)
- — Born in London, England, to American parents Verified
- — Earned bachelor's degree from Caltech Verified
- — Earned PhD in physics from MIT Verified
- — Led operations research on anti-submarine warfare during World War II Verified
- — Led the Bell Labs group that invented the transistor Verified
- — Invented the junction transistor Verified
- — Founded Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View, California Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Became professor of engineering at Stanford University Verified
- — Died in Stanford, California Verified