Arthur Compton

Arthur Compton
; Arthur Compton
	Arthur Compton in 1927
Born	Arthur Holly Compton; 10 September 1892; Wooster, Ohio, Unitit States
Dee'd	15 Mairch 1962 (aged 69); Berkeley, Californie, Unitit States
Naitionality	American
Alma mater	College of Wooster; Princeton Varsity
Kent for	Compton scatterin; Compton wavelenth
Hauf-marrae(s)	Betty Charity McCloskey
Bairns	Arthur Alan; John Joseph
Awairds	Nobel Prize for Pheesics (1927); Matteucci Medal (1930); Franklin Medal (1940); Hughes Medal (1940)
	Scientific career
Fields	Pheesics
Institutions	Washington Varsity in St. Louis; Varsity o Chicago; Varsity o Minnesota
Doctoral advisor	Hereward L. Cooke
Doctoral students	Luis Walter Alvarez; Winston H. Bostick; Robert S. Shankland ; Joyce A. Bearden; Wu Youxun
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	Notes Brither o Wilson Compton an Karl Compton

Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – Mairch 15, 1962) wis an American pheesicist wha wan the Nobel Prize in Pheesics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery o the Compton effect, which demonstratit the pairticle naitur o electromagnetic radiation. It wis a sensational discovery at the time: the wave naitur o licht haed been well-demonstratit, but the idea that licht had baith wave an pairticle properties wisna easily acceptit. He is an aa kent for his leadership o the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory, an served as Chancellor o Washington Varsity in St. Louis frae 1945 tae 1953.