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Arthur Holly Compton

nobel prize for physics


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Arthur Holly Compton
Full Name
of the recipient		Arthur Holly Compton
AwardNobel Prize in Physics
Year of Award1927
Share in Award50.0%
Award Shared withCharles Thomson Rees Wilson (50.0%)
Motivation
for the Award		for his discovery of the effect named after him
Affiliation
at the Time of Award		University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Place of BirthWooster, OH, United States USA
Date of Birth10 September 1892
Age
at the time of Award		34 years
Place of DeathBerkeley, CA, United States USA
Date of Death15 March 1962
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