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Arthur H.
Compton
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Field of Study
Physics
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Years Awarded
1959, 1955, 1926
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1926–27:
Compton, Arthur H.: Appointed for a study of the quantum theory of the nature of radiation, in consultation with European authorities; tenure, ten months from September 15, 1926.
Born September 10, 1892, at Wooster, Ohio. Education: College of Wooster, B.Sc., 1913; Princeton University, M.A., 1914; Ph.D., 1916; Cambridge University, 1919–20, as National Research Fellow.
Assistant in Physics, Princeton University, 1914–15; Instructor in Physics, University of Minnesota, 1916–17; Research Engineer, Westinghouse Lamp Company, 1917–19; Wayman Crow Professor of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1920–23; Professor of Physics, University of Chicago, 1923—. Chairman of Committee on X-Rays, National Research Council, Division of Physical Sciences (1923–25). Associate Editor, Physical Review (1922–25).
Publications: “Secondary Radiations produced by X-Rays,” 1922; “X-Ray and Electrons” (in press); contributed numerous papers to scientific journals, including Science, Physical Review, Nature, Bulletin of the National Research Council, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Radiology, Philosophical Magazine.
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