John Bardeen
Born(1908-05-23)May 23, 1908
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedJanuary 30, 1991(1991-01-30) (aged 82)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
ResidenceUnited States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin (B.S., 1928)
University of Wisconsin (M.S., 1929)
Princeton University (Ph.D., 1936)
Known for
  • Transistor
  • BCS theory
  • Superconductivity
Spouse(s)
Jane Maxwell (m. 1938–1991)
Children
  • James M. Bardeen (b. 1939)
  • William A. Bardeen (b. 1941)
  • Elizabeth Greytak (1944–2000)
Awards
  • Stuart Ballantine Medal (1952)
  • Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1954)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1956)
  • National Medal of Science (1965)
  • IEEE Medal of Honor (1971)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1972)
  • ForMemRS (1973)
  • Lomonosov Gold Medal (1987)
  • Harold Pender Award (1988)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsBell Telephone Laboratories
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
ThesisQuantum Theory of the Work Function (1936)
Doctoral advisorEugene Wigner
Doctoral students
  • William L. McMillan
  • John Robert Schrieffer
  • Nick Holonyak