American physicist and university president (1887–1954)
Karl Compton
President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In office 1930–1948
Preceded by
Samuel Wesley Stratton
Succeeded by
James Rhyne Killian
Personal details
Born
(1887-09-14)September 14, 1887 Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Died
June 22, 1954(1954-06-22) (aged 66) New York City, New York, U.S.
Relatives
Arthur Compton (brother) Wilson Martindale Compton (brother)
Education
College of Wooster (BA, MS) Princeton University (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields
Physics
Institutions
College of Wooster Reed College Princeton University Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis
The Influence of the Contact Difference of Potential between the Plates Emitting and Receiving Electrons Liberated by Ultraviolet Light on the Measurement of the Velocities of These Electrons(1911)
Doctoral advisor
Owen Willans Richardson
Doctoral students
Henry DeWolf Smyth John Quincy Stewart Carl Henry Eckart Rao/Yao Yutai Philip M. Morse Wayne B. Nottingham
Karl Taylor Compton (September 14, 1887 – June 22, 1954) was a prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948.[1]
^Borth, Christy. Masters of Mass Production, pp.14-15, Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1945.
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