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Karl Taylor Compton

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Karl Taylor Compton

American physicist and university president (1887–1954)

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About Karl Taylor Compton

Karl Taylor Compton was an American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948. A researcher in electron physics and early experimenter on the photoelectric effect, Compton spent two decades at Princeton University before accepting the MIT presidency, where he transformed what had been primarily an engineering school into a research university with strong programs in basic science.

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Occupation

physicist, university teacher, science administrator, nuclear physicist

Citizenship

United States

Born

September 14, 1887

Died

June 22, 1954

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