Arthur Compton

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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:Wooster_College
gptkbp:award gptkb:Barnard_Medal_for_Meritorious_Service_to_Science
gptkb:Franklin_Medal
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Matteucci_Medal
gptkb:Rumford_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1892-09-10
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wooster,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Joseph_Compton
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:deathDate 1962-03-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Handbook_of_Physics
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Washington_University_in_St._Louis
gptkbp:field cosmic ray research
physics
quantum mechanics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Arthur_Holly_Compton
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arthur Compton
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Compton_effect
X-ray scattering
work on cosmic rays
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
1927
discovery of the Compton effect
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:position gptkb:professor
Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Atomic_Quest
gptkb:The_Freedom_of_Man
gptkb:X-Rays_and_Electrons
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gptkb:Wilson_Martindale_Compton
gptkbp:signature Arthur_Compton_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Betty_Charity_McCloskey
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