Karl Taylor Compton
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.
Karl Compton | |
|---|---|
| President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| In office 1930–1948 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Wesley Stratton |
| Succeeded by | James Rhyne Killian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 14, 1887 Wooster, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 22, 1954 (aged 66) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Relatives | Arthur Compton (brother) Wilson Martindale Compton (brother) |
| Education | College of Wooster (BA, MS) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | College of Wooster Reed College Princeton University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | The 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 advisor | Owen Willans Richardson |
| Doctoral students | Henry DeWolf Smyth John Quincy Stewart Carl Henry Eckart Rao/Yao Yutai Philip M. Morse Wayne B. Nottingham |
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