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Karl Compton
President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In office
1930–1948
Preceded bySamuel Wesley Stratton
Succeeded byJames Rhyne Killian
Personal details
Born(1887-09-14)September 14, 1887
Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJune 22, 1954(1954-06-22) (aged 66)
New York City, New York, U.S.
RelativesArthur Compton (brother)
Wilson Martindale Compton (brother)
EducationCollege of Wooster (BA, MS)
Princeton University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsCollege of Wooster
Reed College
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisThe 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 advisorOwen Willans Richardson
Doctoral studentsHenry 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]

  1. ^ Borth, Christy. Masters of Mass Production, pp.14-15, Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1945.

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