Arthur H. Compton

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:Wooster_College
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Franklin_Medal
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Rumford_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1892-09-10
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wooster,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:cancer
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:deathDate 1962-03-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Fox_Nichols
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:William_Shockley
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Washington_University_in_St._Louis
gptkb:Westinghouse_Lamp_Company
gptkbp:field physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arthur H. Compton
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Compton_effect
X-ray scattering
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for his discovery of the effect named after him
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1927
gptkbp:positionHeld Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Atomic_Quest
gptkb:The_Freedom_of_Man
gptkb:X-Rays_and_Electrons
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Karl_Taylor_Compton
gptkb:Wilson_Martindale_Compton
gptkbp:signature Arthur H Compton signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Betty_Charity_McCloskey
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Presidential_Medal_for_Merit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 2