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Karl Taylor Compton

1887 - 1954

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Karl Taylor Compton (September 14, 1887 – June 22, 1954) was an American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948. Compton built much of MIT's modern research enterprise and engagement with the federal government. His policies for technology transfer, commercial spin-offs, and federal contracting have became central to United States science and technology policy. An accomplished professor of nuclear physics at Princeton, Compton was recruited to MIT to enhance basic science programs, rebalancing MIT's emphasis on applied engineering fields. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Taylor Compton is the 729th most popular physicist (up from 806th in 2019), the 8,982nd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,260th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Karl Taylor Compton ranks 729 out of 851. Before him are Ernst Ising, Charles Stark Draper, Rudolf Haag, Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Nicholas Metropolis, and Gerald Guralnik. After him are Walter Gordon, Arthur Schuster, James Hartle, Gregor Wentzel, Roald Sagdeev, and Mordehai Milgrom.

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Among people born in 1887, Karl Taylor Compton ranks 247. Before him are Arne Halse, Karl Johan Svensson, William Henry Dean, Florence Price, Samuel Eliot Morison, and Erich Hecke. After him are Carl Ebert, Ahmet Haşim, Guðjón Samúelsson, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, George Abbott, and Martín Luis Guzmán. Among people deceased in 1954, Karl Taylor Compton ranks 147. Before him are Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Juan Guevara, Herman Groman, Guy Mairesse, Felipe Molas López, and Mohamed Amin Didi. After him are Väinö Ikonen, Ernest Esclangon, Gladys George, Tomás Monje, Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, and Shaqe Çoba.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karl Taylor Compton ranks 8,984 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), Martin Mull (1943), Blanche Sweet (1896), Stubby Kaye (1918), Lester del Rey (1915), and Philip Agee (1935). After him are Alexander Berzin (1944), Marianne Williamson (1952), Barbara Bonney (1956), Nick Anderson (1968), John R. Commons (1862), and Alphonso Taft (1810).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Karl Taylor Compton ranks 163. Before him are Elliott H. Lieb (1932), Stuart Hameroff (1947), Bill Nye (1955), Charles Stark Draper (1901), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), and Gerald Guralnik (1936). After him are James Hartle (1939), Seymour Benzer (1921), Shirley Ann Jackson (1946), Robert Bacher (1905), Stanton T. Friedman (1934), and Elda Emma Anderson (1899).

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