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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:academic_administrator
gptkb:physicist
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Princeton_University
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gptkbp:awardReceived
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gptkb:IEEE_Edison_Medal
gptkb:Rumford_Prize
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1887-09-14
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Wooster,_Ohio,_United_States
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1954-06-22
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:New_York_City,_United_States
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Ernest_Merritt
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gptkbp:doctoralStudent
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gptkb:John_C._Slater
gptkb:Robert_Van_de_Graaff
gptkb:William_Shockley
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:Princeton_University
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gptkbp:fieldOfWork
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physics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Karl T. Compton
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gptkbp:knownFor
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leadership at MIT
science policy advisor during World War II
work in atomic physics
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:American
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gptkbp:notableStudent
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gptkb:John_C._Slater
gptkb:Robert_Van_de_Graaff
gptkb:William_Shockley
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:physicist
university president
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gptkbp:president
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gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
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gptkbp:restingPlace
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gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
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gptkbp:sibling
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gptkb:Arthur_H._Compton
gptkb:Wilson_Martindale_Compton
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gptkbp:signature
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Karl T Compton signature.svg
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Rowena_Ray_Compton
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gptkbp:termEnd
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1948
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gptkbp:termStart
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1930
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:National_Defense_Research_Committee
gptkb:Office_of_Scientific_Research_and_Development
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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2
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