Arthur Holly Compton

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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 cerebral hemorrhage
gptkbp:children gptkb:John_Joseph_Compton
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Manhattan_Project
X-ray scattering
gptkbp:deathDate 1962-03-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Berkeley,_California,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Ernest_Fox_Nichols
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Washington_University_in_St._Louis
gptkbp:fieldOfWork physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arthur Holly Compton
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Joseph_Compton
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Compton_effect
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Compton_scattering
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:positionHeld Chair of Physics Department, University of Chicago
Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri,_United_States
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Bellefontaine_Cemetery,_St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Karl_Taylor_Compton
gptkb:Wilson_Martindale_Compton
gptkbp:signature Arthur_Holly_Compton_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Betty_Charity_McCloskey
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