Arthur Holly Compton
American physicist (1892–1962)
Also known as Arthur Compton · Arthur H. Compton
- Born
- September 10, 1892
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Sources- 1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Encyclopædia UniversalisRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in KNAW Past MembersRetrieved 2017-10-09
- September 10, 1892
- Died
- March 15, 1962
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Sources- 1.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-27
- 2.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in KNAW Past MembersRetrieved 2017-10-09
- March 15, 1962
- Birthplace
- Wooster
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Sources- 1.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Wooster
- Place of death
- Berkeley
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Sources- 1.Stated in Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)Retrieved 2015-09-28
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Berkeley
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- physicist
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- , university teacher
- , theoretical physicist
- +1 more
- physicist
- Positions held
- board member(1957–1962)
- , board member(1938–1956)
- Education
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- Awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- X-ray badge(1957)
- Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award(1941)
- Hughes Medal(1940)
- Franklin Medal(1940)
- Guthrie Lecture(1935)
- Matteucci Medal(1930)
- Nobel Prize in Physics(1927) together with: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson · prize money: 63,250 SEK · award rationale: for his discovery of the effect named after him, för hans upptäckt av den efter honom benämnda effekten
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Sources- 1.“The Nobel Prize in Physics 1927”nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1927/Retrieved 2020-04-28
- 2.“Table showing prize amounts”nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/04/prize-amounts-2020.pdfRetrieved 2020-04-28
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- Member of
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei(since 1927) affiliation: Q137386993 · subject has role: Q137396485
- American Philosophical Society
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- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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- American Physical Society
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- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Physics(1927)
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- Nobel Prize in Physics(1926)
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- Nobel Prize in Physics(1925)
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- Nobel Prize in Physics(1927)
- Name in native language
- Arthur Holly Compton ipa transcription: ˈɑɹθɚ ˈhɒli ˈkɒmptən
- Birth name
- Arthur Holly Compton
- Residence
- Arthur H. Compton House(1920–1945)
On other databases
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