William Coolidge

Name: William David Coolidge

Born: October 23, 1873, in Hudson, Massachusetts USA

Death: February 3, 1975 (Age: 101)

Computer-related contributions

• American physicist.
• Known for X-ray art and incandescent electric lighting.
• Well known for his development of "ductile tungsten" (important for the incandescent light bulb).
• Former vice-president and director of the General Electric Research Laboratory.

Honors and awards

• Faraday Medal (1939).
• IEEE Edison Medal (1927).
• Hughes Medal (1927).