Compton collection, [ca. 1900]-[ongoing]

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Compton collection, [ca. 1900]-[ongoing]

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Addresses, clippings, correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, wills of the family of Dr. Elias Compton (College of Wooster class of 1881) and Ms. Otelia Compton and of their children: Arthur H. Compton (College of Wooster class of 1913, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1927); Karl T. Compton (College of Wooster class of 1908, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Wilson M. Compton (College of Wooster class of 1911, president of Washington State University); Mary Compton Rice (College of Wooster class of 1911, missionary to India). The collection is still growing as family members continue to donate material.

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Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954

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Physicist. From the description of K.T. Compton speeches, 1939-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83457426 Karl Taylor Compton (b. Sept. 14, 1887, Wooster, Ohio-d. June 22, 1954, New York City), prominent American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1930 to 1948. From the description of Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570905 ...

Compton, Elias, 1856-1938

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Elias Compton, 1856-1938, was a professor at the College of Wooster. He married Otelia C. Augspurger on August 1, 1886. Together they had four children: Karl Taylor, Mary Elesa (later known as Mary Compton Rice), Wilson Martindale, and Arthur Holly Compton....

Compton, Otelia A., 1858-1944

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Rice, Mary Compton, 1889-1961

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Compton family.

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Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962

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Physicist Arthur Holly Compton worked as a research engineer at Westinghouse Lamp Co. (1917-1919) and studied with Rutherford at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England (1919). He taught physics at Washington University (1920-1923) and at University of Chicago (1923-1945) and served as Chancellor of Washington University from 1945-1953. From the guide to the Arthur Holly Compton notebooks, 1919-1941, 1919-1941, (American Philosophical Society) In 1920, Arthur Holly Co...

College of Wooster

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Compton, Wilson Martindale, 1890-1967

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Wilson Martindale Compton was born in Wooster, Ohio, on October 15, 1890. He attended Wooster College, receiving the degrees of Ph.B. in 1911, M.A. in 1912, and LL.D. in 1935. He also received a Ph.D. from Princeton in 1915. Compton was a fellow at Princeton between 1913 and 1915. He was appointed assistant professor at Dartmouth between 1915 and 1916. Between 1916 and 1918, he was an economist with the Federal Trade Commission. The majority of his working career, however, was spent as secretary...