| Birth: | Sep. 10, 1892 | | Death: | Mar. 15, 1962 | 
Physicist. He identified the "Compton Effect" (increase of wavelength of x-rays and gamma rays under certain conditions), sharing the Nobel Prize in 1927. Worked on the Manhattan Project, and was Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis (1945-53) (bio by: Ginny M)
Search Amazon for Arthur Holly Compton | | | Burial:
Wooster Cemetery
Wooster
Wayne County
Ohio, USA
Plot: Section 18, Lot 2339, Grave 9472 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: May 30, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 22551 |
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