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.

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Label	Occurrences
Arthur H. Compton canonical	18
Arthur Holly Compton	10
Arthur Compton	1

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 H. Compton self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Arthur Holly Compton
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Arthur ⓘ
knownFor	Compton effect ⓘ Compton effect ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Röntgen radiation ⓘ surface form: X-Rays and Electrons
participatedIn	Manhattan Project ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Wooster, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Berkeley ⓘ surface form: 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 T. Compton ⓘ surface form: Karl Taylor Compton Wilson Martindale Compton ⓘ
spouse	Betty Charity McCloskey ⓘ
supervisedProject	development of the first nuclear reactors ⓘ

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Manhattan Project → keyScientist → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory → director → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

Met Lab → foundedBy → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

Met Lab → director → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

Karl T. Compton → hasRelative → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

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Arthur H. Compton → fullName → Arthur H. Compton self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Stagg Field, University of Chicago → associatedWith → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

Comstock Prize in Physics → notableRecipient → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

Compton → hasNotableBearer → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

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Atomic Quest → author → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

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Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio, United States → notableBurial → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

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The Freedom of Man → author → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

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Wilson Martindale Compton → sibling → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

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Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb → focusesOn → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

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Otelia Augspurger Compton → child → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

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Elias Compton → child → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

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Betty Charity McCloskey → spouse → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

Committee on Political and Social Problems → hasMember → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

Compton Gamma Ray Observatory → namedAfter → Arthur H. Compton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arthur Holly Compton