Arthur H. Compton

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American scientist Nobel laureate human physicist

Arthur H. Compton was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering the Compton effect and for his leadership in early nuclear research.

Aliases (1)

Arthur Holly Compton ×4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American scientist → Nobel laureate → human → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Nobel Prize in Physics →
burialPlace	Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1892-09-10 →
dateOfDeath	1962-03-15 →
educatedAt	College of Wooster → Princeton University →
employer	University of Chicago → Washington University in St. Louis →
era	20th-century physics →
familyName	Compton →
father	Elias Compton →
fieldOfWork	X-ray physics → nuclear physics → physics →
fullName	Arthur Holly Compton →
gender	male →
givenName	Arthur →
knownFor	Compton effect → Compton scattering → early nuclear research leadership →
memberOf	American Philosophical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
mother	Otelia Augspurger Compton →
NobelPrizeInPhysicsMotivation	for his discovery of the effect named after him →
NobelPrizeInPhysicsYear	1927 →
notableWork	Atomic Quest → The Freedom of Man → X-Rays and Electrons →
participatedIn	Manhattan Project →
placeOfBirth	Wooster, Ohio, United States →
placeOfDeath	Berkeley, California, United States →
positionHeld	chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis → professor of physics →
religion	Presbyterianism →
researchContribution	demonstrated particle-like properties of X-rays → provided key evidence for quantum theory of radiation →
roleInManhattanProject	head of the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago →
sibling	Karl Taylor Compton → Wilson Martindale Compton →
spouse	Betty Charity McCloskey →
supervisedProject	development of the first nuclear reactors →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory → Met Lab →	director
Stagg Field, University of Chicago →	associatedWith
Met Lab →	foundedBy
Arthur H. Compton ("Arthur Holly Compton") →	fullName
Compton ("Arthur Holly Compton") →	hasNotableBearer
Karl T. Compton →	hasRelative
Manhattan Project →	keyScientist
Compton effect ("Arthur Holly Compton") →	namedAfter
Comstock Prize in Physics →	notableRecipient
Chicago Pile-1 →	supervisedBy
Compton effect ("Arthur Holly Compton") →	wasExplainedBy