Davisson, Clinton Joseph, 1881-1958

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Physicist.

From the description of Clinton Joseph Davisson papers, 1908-1962 (bulk 1937-1946). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450630

Physicist (electron optics).

From the description of Letters from J. J. Thomson, 1913, and letter to son, James W. Davisson, concerning Davisson's visit to Cavendish Laboratory, his marriage and family life, 1913-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77849727

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1881, Oct. 22 Born, Bloomington, Ill. 1908 B.S., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1911 Ph.D., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. Married Charlotte Sara Richardson (died 1984) 1911 1917 Instructor in physics, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1917 1946 Member of technical staff, Western Electric Co. (later Bell Telephone Laboratories) 1927 Discovered with others the diffraction of electrons by crystals 1928 Awarded Comstock Prize in physics 1937 Shared Nobel Prize in physics with G. P. Thomson for discovery of the wave properties of the electron by electron diffraction 1947 1949 Visiting professor of physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1958, Feb. 1 Died, Charlottesville, Va. From the guide to the Clinton Joseph Davisson Papers, 1908-1962, (bulk 1937-1946), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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