Walter Brattain

Member of the Bell Labs transistor research team.

Organizations and connections

Affiliations retain their dates and sources. Roles may be historical; a missing end date does not establish a current role. Machine classifications need review; a co-mention alone does not establish a relationship.

1. John Bardeen↔Walter Brattain

   Transistor research

   collaboratedFrom 1947 · end not recordedCurated evidence
   • Transistor history ↗Nobel Prize
2. Walter Brattain→Bell Labs

   Transistor research group

   worked atFrom 1945 · end not recordedCurated evidence
   • Bell Laboratories and the transistor: Nobel laureate interview ↗Nobel Prize
3. Walter Brattain→Tonasket High School

   Educated at

   educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata · P69 · Statement Q184577$4C996465-1F12-475F-8AB7-B941A97C51C21 reference record retained in the source statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata
4. Walter Brattain→University of Minnesota

   Educated at

   educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata · P69 · Statement Q184577$D6878180-6CF8-464B-ACD9-A85A81242A7A1 reference record retained in the source statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata
5. Walter Brattain→American Association for the Advancement of Science

   Member of

   member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata · P463 · Statement Q184577$361C338F-413D-4770-AAB2-95D630115F341 reference record retained in the source statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata
6. Walter Brattain→University of Oregon

   Educated at

   educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata · P69 · Statement Q184577$8DED17ED-70C0-4E8D-98E5-4A158823FA821 reference record retained in the source statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata
7. Walter Brattain→American Academy of Arts and Sciences

   Member of

   member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata · P463 · Statement Q184577$55AF2C7B-A21C-4AF7-BF23-CB33DA4DCFF4No external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata
8. Walter Brattain→Queen Anne High School

   Educated at

   educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata · P69 · Statement Q184577$0E314C49-1412-466B-8E68-A3C64CA0BF531 reference record retained in the source statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata
9. Walter Brattain→National Academy of Sciences

   Member of

   member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata · P463 · Statement Q184577$2DD8481B-8231-4F5A-B255-075F7112DC54No external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata
10. Walter Brattain→American Physical Society

    Member of

    member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
    • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata · P463 · Statement Q184577$7EA82D82-218E-4171-BEBC-E219CCB336A81 reference record retained in the source statement
    • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata
11. Walter Brattain→Whitman College

    Works or worked for

    employed byDates not recordedWikidata statement
    • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q184577$6F5F876A-889C-4E29-A7B5-E00520592BA91 reference record retained in the source statement
    • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata
12. Walter Brattain→Whitman College

    Educated at

    educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
    • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata · P69 · Statement Q184577$92FFF139-AA89-4341-B175-2BFB3AD5DF781 reference record retained in the source statement
    • Wikidata: Walter Houser Brattain ↗Wikidata
13. Walter Brattain↔William Shockley

    Reported colleagues

    colleague ofDates not recordedMachine-classified · review needed

    This relationship type was extracted automatically from the cited reporting and needs review.

    • Engineer Who Won the Nobel Prize Twice in Physics ↗www.wondersofphysics.com · 2021-05-10

      Along with colleagues William Shockley and Walter Brattain, John invented the first transistor in 1947.

14. Walter Brattain↔William Shockley

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • Engineer Who Won the Nobel Prize Twice in Physics ↗www.wondersofphysics.com · 2021-05-10
    • Happy 60th Birthday to the Transistor (2008) ↗shuttersparks.net · 2021-12-26
    • Who invented the transistor? ↗people.idsia.ch · 2025-12-31
    • What would it take to recreate Bell Labs? ↗www.construction-physics.com · 2024-07-18
    • The Death of Corporate Research Labs ↗blog.dshr.org · 2020-08-18
15. Walter Brattain↔Heinrich Welker

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Transistor, Part 2: Out Of The Crucible ↗technicshistory.wordpress.com · 2018-06-22
16. Walter Brattain↔Eugene Paul Wigner

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • Engineer Who Won the Nobel Prize Twice in Physics ↗www.wondersofphysics.com · 2021-05-10
17. Walter Brattain↔Jack Kilby

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • Happy 60th Birthday to the Transistor (2008) ↗shuttersparks.net · 2021-12-26
18. Walter Brattain↔Max Planck

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Transistor, Part 1: Groping in the Dark ↗technicshistory.wordpress.com · 2018-01-23
19. Claude Shannon↔Walter Brattain

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Death of Corporate Research Labs ↗blog.dshr.org · 2020-08-18
20. Walter Brattain↔Ashlee Vance

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • Buying Tomatoes at the Birthplace of Silicon Valley ↗bits.blogs.nytimes.com · 2008-09-12
21. Walter Brattain↔Jack Dorsey

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • And Now Let Us Praise, and Consider the Absurd Luck of, Famous Men ↗www.theatlantic.com · 2013-02-07
22. Walter Brattain↔Oliver Ellsworth Buckley

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • And Now Let Us Praise, and Consider the Absurd Luck of, Famous Men ↗www.theatlantic.com · 2013-02-07
23. Walter Brattain↔Paul Otellini

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • And Now Let Us Praise, and Consider the Absurd Luck of, Famous Men ↗www.theatlantic.com · 2013-02-07
24. Walter Brattain↔Isidor Isaac Rabi

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Transistor, Part 2: Out Of The Crucible ↗technicshistory.wordpress.com · 2018-06-22
25. Yann LeCun↔Walter Brattain

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • What would it take to recreate Bell Labs? ↗www.construction-physics.com · 2024-07-18
26. Gordon Moore↔Walter Brattain

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • Buying Tomatoes at the Birthplace of Silicon Valley ↗bits.blogs.nytimes.com · 2008-09-12
27. Max Born↔Walter Brattain

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Transistor, Part 1: Groping in the Dark ↗technicshistory.wordpress.com · 2018-01-23
28. John Bardeen↔Walter Brattain

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • Engineer Who Won the Nobel Prize Twice in Physics ↗www.wondersofphysics.com · 2021-05-10
    • Happy 60th Birthday to the Transistor (2008) ↗shuttersparks.net · 2021-12-26
    • Who invented the transistor? ↗people.idsia.ch · 2025-12-31
    • What would it take to recreate Bell Labs? ↗www.construction-physics.com · 2024-07-18
    • The First Transistor Radio ↗spectrum.ieee.org · 2024-10-05
29. Robert Noyce↔Walter Brattain

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • And Now Let Us Praise, and Consider the Absurd Luck of, Famous Men ↗www.theatlantic.com · 2013-02-07
    • Buying Tomatoes at the Birthplace of Silicon Valley ↗bits.blogs.nytimes.com · 2008-09-12
30. Walter Brattain↔Lee de Forest

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • What would it take to recreate Bell Labs? ↗www.construction-physics.com · 2024-07-18
31. Steve Jobs↔Walter Brattain

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • And Now Let Us Praise, and Consider the Absurd Luck of, Famous Men ↗www.theatlantic.com · 2013-02-07
32. Walter Brattain↔Karl Ferdinand Braun

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Transistor, Part 1: Groping in the Dark ↗technicshistory.wordpress.com · 2018-01-23
33. Walter Brattain↔Marie Curie

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • Engineer Who Won the Nobel Prize Twice in Physics ↗www.wondersofphysics.com · 2021-05-10