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Categories: University of Chicago faculty, Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Optical physicists, Recipients of Franklin Medal, Nobel laureates in Physics
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Compton  Arthur Compton  Arthur Holly Compton  A h compton  Arthur H. Compton
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United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962) WordNet 3.0
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United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. Wikipedia
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IS A
nuclear physicist
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AWARD RECEIVED
Guggenheim Fellowship
Franklin Medal
AAAS Fellow
Hughes Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics
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CAUSE OF DEATH
cerebral hemorrhage
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Obalky knih.cz
DOCTORAL ADVISOR
Hereward Lester Cooke
Owen Willans Richardson
DOCTORAL STUDENT
Winston H. Bostick
Luis Walter Alvarez
Robert S. Shankland
Piara Singh Gill
Darol Froman
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EDUCATED AT
Princeton University
University of Chicago
University of Minnesota
College of Wooster
EMPLOYER
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Chicago
Washington University in St. Louis
FAMILY NAME
Compton
FIELD OF WORK
nuclear physics
GIVEN NAME
Arthur
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Philosophical Society
Accademia dei Lincei
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NOMINATED FOR
Nobel Prize in Physics
OCCUPATION
physicist
theoretical physicist
professeur des universités
PARTICIPANT IN
Manhattan Project
PLACE OF BIRTH
Wooster
PLACE OF BURIAL
Wooster
PLACE OF DEATH
Berkeley
RESIDENCE
Arthur H. Compton House
SEX OR GENDER
male
SIBLING
Karl Taylor Compton
STUDENT
Winston H. Bostick
STUDENT OF
Owen Willans Richardson
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Compton, Arthur Compton, Arthur Holly Compton
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Arthur Compton
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Arthur Compton
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A h compton, Arthur H. Compton, Arthur Holly Compton, Compton, Arthur
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Arthur Holly Compton

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