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About William Hillman Shockley
William Hillman Shockley was an American engineer, photographer, and botanist. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shockley worked as a mining engineer in Florida and Nevada, collecting plant specimens during his time in the American West. Fluent in multiple languages, Shockley's engineering work took him to Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America. Across these regions, he took thousands of photographs documenting both local mining and society.
Everything about William Hillman Shockley →- Occupation
- botanist, mining engineer, amateur photographer, botanical collector
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1855, September 18, 1855
- Died
- 1925, May 26, 1925