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Arthur Holly Compton

  • Wooster: September 10, 1892 celebration
  • Berkeley: March 15, 1962 celebration
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  • celebration Date of birth

    Wooster: September 10, 1892  

  • deceased Rest in Peace

    Berkeley: March 15, 1962  

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  • engineering Field of Work

    1. atomic physics
     

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    1. Owen Willans Richardson
     

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    1. Winston H. Bostick
     

  • school Education

    1. Bluffton University
    2. Princeton University
    3. University of Chicago
    4. University of Minnesota
    5. College of Wooster
     

  • trophy Awards & Honors

    1. Nobel Prize in Physics (1927)
    2. X-ray badge (1957)
    3. Matteucci Medal (1930)
    4. Franklin Medal (1940)
    5. Rumford Prize (1926)
    6. Guthrie Lecture (1935)
    7. Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
    8. Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1941)
    9. Hughes Medal (1940)
    10. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
    11. Guggenheim Fellowship (1926)
    12. Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi
     

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  • American physicist (1892–1962) | Nobel Prize in Physics (1927), X-ray badge (1957), Matteucci Medal (1930), Franklin Medal (1940), Rumford Prize (1926)

1. Roman Dvykaliuk

  • Svydova: September 10, 1982 celebration

Ukrainian scientist, specialist in the field of beekeeping | State University of Trade and Economics | Svydova: September 10, 1982 - Dresden: August 12, 1991

2. Alexander Panin

  • Georgiyevsk: September 10, 1979 celebration

economic geographer, geoinformatician | Georgiyevsk: September 10, 1979 - Schöneiche bei Berlin: December 22, 1923 | Alexander Panin | Georgiyevsk: September

3. Łukasz Gibała (Lukasz Gibala)

  • Kraków: September 10, 1977 celebration

Polish politician | Jagiellonian University | Kraków: September 10, 1977 - Tailem Bend: February 7, 1967 | Łukasz Gibała (Lukasz Gibala) | Kraków

4. Tomasz P. Terlikowski

  • Warsaw: September 10, 1974 celebration

Polish philosopher | Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw | Warsaw: September 10, 1974 - Warsaw: August 20, 1994 | Tomasz P. Terlikowski | Warsaw

5. Ingrid Robeyns

  • Leuven: September 10, 1972 celebration

Belgian and Dutch philosopher | Limitarianism | University of Göttingen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, The Open University, University of Cambridge

6. Elena Yurina

  • Rubtsovsk: September 10, 1970 celebration

Russian linguist | Rubtsovsk: September 10, 1970 - Yekaterinburg: March 6, 2020 | Elena Yurina | Rubtsovsk: September 10, 1970 - Yekaterinburg: March 6, 2020

7. Carmen Domínguez (Carmen Dominguez)

  • Oviedo: September 10, 1969 celebration

Spanish glaciologist and polar explorer | University of Groningen, University of Salamanca (1998) | Oviedo: September 10, 1969 - Beijing: July 28, 1732

8. Sarah J. Greenwald

  • Charlotte: September 10, 1969 celebration

American mathematician | Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics (2020) | Union College, University of Pennsylvania (1998) | Charlotte: September

9. Christoph Thiele

  • Darmstadt: September 10, 1968 celebration

German mathematician | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), Salem Prize (1996) | Technical University of Darmstadt, Yale University, Bielefeld University

10. Juan Martín Mala cena (Juan Martin Mala cena)

  • Caballito: September 10, 1968 celebration

Argentine physicist | MacArthur Fellows Program, Pomeranchuk Prize (2012), diamond Konex award (2013), Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012), Oskar

11. Laurent Jaffro

  • Clermont-Ferrand: September 10, 1963 celebration

French philosopher | Institut Universitaire de France | Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV, École Normale Supérieure | Clermont-Ferrand: September 10, 1963

12. François Golse (Francois Golse)

  • Talence: September 10, 1962 celebration

French mathematician | Cours Peccot (1992) | Université Paris Nord 13, École Normale Supérieure | Talence: September 10, 1962 - Englewood: April 12, 1910

13. Oleksandr Kaniura

  • September 10, 1961 celebration

Honored Doctor of Ukraine, Honorary Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2018), Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2023), Order

14. Herry Suhardiyanto

  • September 10, 1959 celebration

IPB University | September 10, 1959 - Kipahulu: August 26, 1974 | Herry Suhardiyanto | September 10, 1959 - Kipahulu: August 26, 1974

15. Wolfgang M. Heckl

  • Parsberg: September 10, 1958 celebration

German physicist | Communicator Award of DFG (2002), Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2008), Philip Morris Research Prize (1993)

16. Daniel Murdiyarso

  • Cepu: September 10, 1955 celebration

Principal Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF; Head of Basic Sciences Commission, AIPI | IPB University | Cepu: September 10, 1955 - Rostock: July 27, 2015 | Daniel

17. Vsevolod Ivanovich Kiselev

  • Riga: September 10, 1953 celebration

scientist | Karaganda State Medical University | Riga: September 10, 1953 - Moscow: August 28, 1995 | Vsevolod Ivanovich Kiselev | Riga: September 10, 1953

18. Hans Wospakrik

  • Sruwi Island: September 10, 1951 celebration
  • January 11, 2005 deceased

Indonesian physicist (1951-2005) | Bandung Institute of Technology | Sruwi Island: September 10, 1951 - January 11, 2005 | Hans Wospakrik | Sruwi Island

19. Olga Walló (Olga Wallo)

  • Prague: September 10, 1948 celebration

Czech director, writer and translator | Charles University | Prague: September 10, 1948 - Prague: October 21, 1953 | Olga Walló (Olga Wallo) | Prague

20. Martin Grötschel (Martin Grotschel)

  • Schwelm: September 10, 1948 celebration

German mathematician | John von Neumann Theory Prize (2006), Cantor medal (2021), Fulkerson Prize (1982), Alwin-Walther medal (2006), honorary doctorate of the

21. Charles Simonyi

  • Budapest: September 10, 1948 celebration

Hungarian-American computer software executive | Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary (2007), Great Immigrants Award (2007) | University of California

22. Sylvain Cappell

  • Brussels-Capital Region: September 10, 1946 celebration

American mathematician and academic | Guggenheim Fellowship (1989), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013) | Princeton University

23. Christine Darden

  • Monroe: September 10, 1942 celebration

African-American mathematician, aerospace engineer | NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award (2015), Congressional Gold Medal (2019), Candace Award (1987) | Hampton

24. Michel Bercovier

  • September 10, 1941 celebration

French-Israeli computer scientist | University of Rouen | September 10, 1941 - São Paulo: April 14, 2006 | Michel Bercovier | September 10, 1941 - São Paulo

25. Stanisław Gomułka (Stanislaw Gomulka)

  • September 10, 1940 celebration

Polish economist | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw | September 10, 1940 - Warsaw: May 3, 1999

26. Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska (Teresa Walewska-Przyjalkowska)

  • Warsaw: September 10, 1937 celebration
  • Smolensk: April 10, 2010 deceased

Polish engineer | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta | Warsaw: September 10, 1937 - Smolensk: April 10, 2010 | Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska (Teresa

27. Daniel Defert

  • Avallon: September 10, 1937 celebration
  • 15th arrondissement of Paris: February 7, 2023 deceased

French AIDS activist (1937–2023) | Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit (1994) | École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud

28. David Horn

  • Haifa: September 10, 1937 celebration

Israeli physicist | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Haifa: September 10, 1937 - Seeon-Seebruck: June 16, 1950

29. Wolfgang Müller (Wolfgang Muller)

  • September 10, 1935 celebration

September 10, 1935 - Lisbon: March 27, 1956 | Wolfgang Müller (Wolfgang Muller) | September 10, 1935 - Lisbon: March 27, 1956

30. Vadim Gogosov

  • Rybinsk: September 10, 1934 celebration
  • Moscow: July 17, 2002 deceased

Russian scientist | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation | MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

31. Igor Grekhov

  • Smolensk: September 10, 1934 celebration

Soviet physicist | USSR State Prize, State Prize of the Russian Federation (2002), Order of Friendship, Russian government prize for science and technology

32. Werner Kutzelnigg

  • Vienna: September 10, 1933 celebration
  • November 24, 2019 deceased

Austrian chemist (1933–2019) | Liebig Medal (1996), Schrödinger Medal (1995), Erich Hückel Award (2016), Carl Duisberg Memorial Award (1971) | Vienna

33. Jean Vanier

  • Geneva: September 10, 1928 celebration
  • Paris: May 7, 2019 deceased

Canadian humanitarian, Catholic philosopher, and theologian (1928–2019) | Officer of the Legion of Honour (2002), Companion of the Order of Canada (1986)

34. Dino Terragni

  • Paderno Dugnano: September 10, 1927 celebration
  • Geneva: July 21, 1979 deceased

Italian entrepreneur, founder of Covema group | Paderno Dugnano: September 10, 1927 - Geneva: July 21, 1979 | Dino Terragni | Paderno Dugnano: September 10

35. Brian O'Shaughnessy

  • Kew: September 10, 1925 celebration
  • July 7, 2010 deceased

Australian philosopher and writer (1925-2010) | University of Melbourne, Xavier College, University of Oxford | Kew: September 10, 1925 - July 7, 2010 | Brian

36. Jiří Navrátil (Jiri Navratil)

  • Leipzig: September 10, 1923 celebration
  • Prague: January 16, 2017 deceased

Czech translator and scout | Bronze Wolf Award (2002), Čestná medaile T. G. Masaryka | Leipzig: September 10, 1923 - Prague: January 16, 2017 | Jiří

37. Conway Berners-Lee

  • Birmingham: September 10, 1921 celebration
  • February 1, 2019 deceased

British mathematician and computer scientist (1921-2019) | Trinity College | Birmingham: September 10, 1921 - February 1, 2019 | Conway Berners-Lee

38. Gerhard Meyer-Schwickerath

  • Elberfeld: September 10, 1920 celebration
  • Essen: February 20, 1992 deceased

German scientist | Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal

39. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao

  • Hoovina Hadagali: September 10, 1920 celebration
  • Amherst: August 22, 2023 deceased

Indian-American mathematician (1920–2023) | honorary doctor from the NOVA University Lisbon, Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1957), Guy

40. Robert B. Leighton

  • Detroit: September 10, 1919 celebration
  • Pasadena: March 9, 1997 deceased

American astronomer (1919–1997) | James Craig Watson Medal (1986), Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1972), Rumford Prize (1986) | California Institute of Technology

41. Tashmukhamed Alievich Sarymsakov

  • Shahrixon: September 10, 1915 celebration
  • Tashkent: December 18, 1995 deceased

Soviet and Uzbek mathematician | Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the October Revolution, Hero of Socialist Labour

42. Raymond Scott

  • Brooklyn: September 10, 1908 celebration
  • North Hills: February 8, 1994 deceased

American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer and inventor (1908-1994) | Brooklyn Technical High School, Juilliard School | Brooklyn: September 10

43. Karl Wien

  • Würzburg: September 10, 1906 celebration
  • Nanga Parbat: June 14, 1937 deceased

German mountaineer (1906–1937) | Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich | Würzburg: September 10, 1906 - Nanga Parbat: June 14, 1937 | Karl Wien

44. Garegin Petrosyan

  • Goris: September 10, 1902 celebration
  • Yerevan: December 4, 1997 deceased

Russian mathematician (1902-1997) | Order of the Patriotic War 1st class (1985), Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Deserved scientist of ArmSSR (1967)

45. Georges Bataille

  • Billom: September 10, 1897 celebration
  • Paris: July 9, 1962 deceased

French intellectual and literary figure | Story of the Eye, The Accursed Share, Blue of Noon, L'Abbé C | École des chartes | Billom: September 10, 1897

46. Arthur Holly Compton

  • Wooster: September 10, 1892 celebration
  • Berkeley: March 15, 1962 deceased

American physicist (1892–1962) | Nobel Prize in Physics (1927), X-ray badge (1957), Matteucci Medal (1930), Franklin Medal (1940), Rumford Prize (1926)

47. Jerome Frank

  • New York City: September 10, 1889 celebration
  • New Haven: January 13, 1957 deceased

American jurist (1889–1957) | Hyde Park Academy High School, University of Chicago Law School | New York City: September 10, 1889 - New Haven: January 13, 1957

48. Avraham Sharon

  • September 10, 1878 celebration
  • October 17, 1957 deceased

Israeli philosopher, musician, scholar and publicist (1878-1957) | September 10, 1878 - October 17, 1957 | Avraham Sharon | September 10, 1878 - October 17, 1957

49. Francisco Antonio Encina

  • Talca: September 10, 1874 celebration
  • Santiago: August 23, 1965 deceased

Chilean historian (1874-1965) | premio a la literatura (1955) | University of Chile, Abate Molina Lyceum | Talca: September 10, 1874 - Santiago: August 23, 1965

50. Theodor Molien

  • Riga: September 10, 1861 celebration
  • Tomsk: December 25, 1941 deceased

Baltic German mathematician (1861-1941) | Order of Saint Stanislaus, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class, Order of Saint

51. J. Norman Collie

  • Alderley Edge: September 10, 1859 celebration
  • Sligachan: November 1, 1942 deceased

British scientist, mountaineer and explorer (1859-1942) | Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society, honorary degree (1913)

52. May Gorslin Preston Slosson

  • Ilion: September 10, 1858 celebration
  • Ann Arbor: November 26, 1943 deceased

American educator and suffragist (1858–1943) | Hillsdale College (1879), Hillsdale College (1878), Cornell University (1880) | Ilion: September 10, 1858

53. James Edward Keeler

  • LaSalle: September 10, 1857 celebration
  • San Francisco: August 12, 1900 deceased

American astronomer (1857–1900) | Rumford Prize (1898), Henry Draper Medal (1899) | Heidelberg University, Johns Hopkins University | LaSalle: September 10

54. Paul Moennich

  • Drüsewitz: September 10, 1855 celebration
  • Rostock: September 27, 1943 deceased

German physicist, painter and photographer | Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (1893) | University of Rostock, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of

55. Karl Heumann

  • Darmstadt: September 10, 1850 celebration
  • Zurich: August 5, 1894 deceased

German chemist (1850-1894) | Darmstadt: September 10, 1850 - Zurich: August 5, 1894 | Karl Heumann | Darmstadt: September 10, 1850 - Zurich: August 5, 1894

56. Isak Fellman

  • Lappajärvi: September 10, 1841 celebration
  • Helsinki: October 28, 1919 deceased

Finnish politician and botanist (1841-1919) | University of Helsinki | Lappajärvi: September 10, 1841 - Helsinki: October 28, 1919 | Isak Fellman

57. Charles Sanders Peirce

  • Cambridge: September 10, 1839 celebration
  • Milford: April 19, 1914 deceased

American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914) | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Harvard University, Harvard

58. William Torrey Harris

  • Killingly: September 10, 1835 celebration
  • Providence: November 5, 1909 deceased

American philosopher (1835–1909) | Phillips Academy | Killingly: September 10, 1835 - Providence: November 5, 1909 | William Torrey Harris | Killingly

59. Jenaro Abásolo (Jenaro Abasolo)

  • Santiago: September 10, 1833 celebration
  • Santiago: October 3, 1884 deceased

Chilean philosopher (1833-1884) | Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, University of Chile | Santiago: September 10, 1833 - Santiago: October 3, 1884

60. Chauncey Wright

  • Northampton: September 10, 1830 celebration
  • Cambridge: September 12, 1875 deceased

American philosopher and mathematician (1830–1875) | Harvard University, Harvard Law School | Northampton: September 10, 1830 - Cambridge: September 12, 1875

61. Ivan Rahmaninov

  • September 10, 1826 celebration
  • Kyiv: December 16, 1897 deceased

Russian mathematician | Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class

62. John Adams Whipple

  • Grafton: September 10, 1822 celebration
  • Cambridge: April 10, 1891 deceased

American photographer (1822–1891) | Grafton: September 10, 1822 - Cambridge: April 10, 1891 | John Adams Whipple | Grafton: September 10, 1822 - Cambridge

63. Carl Gustaf Mosander

  • Kalmar: September 10, 1797 celebration
  • Lovö church parish: October 15, 1858 deceased

Swedish chemist and mineralogist (1797–1858) | Karolinska Institutet | Kalmar: September 10, 1797 - Lovö church parish: October 15, 1858 | Carl Gustaf

64. John Kidd

  • Westminster: September 10, 1775 celebration
  • Oxford: September 7, 1851 deceased

English physician, chemist and geologist | Harveian Oration (1836), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Fellow of the Royal Society | Christ Church

65. Melchiorre Gioia

  • Piacenza: September 10, 1767 celebration
  • Milan: January 2, 1829 deceased

Italian economist and philosopher (1767-1829) | Collegio Alberoni | Piacenza: September 10, 1767 - Milan: January 2, 1829 | Melchiorre Gioia | Piacenza

66. Johann Wilhelm Baumer

  • Rehweiler: September 10, 1719 celebration
  • Giessen: August 4, 1788 deceased

German physicist and author | Rehweiler: September 10, 1719 - Giessen: August 4, 1788 | Johann Wilhelm Baumer | Rehweiler: September 10, 1719 - Giessen: August 4, 1788

67. Gowin Knight

  • Corringham: September 10, 1713 celebration
  • London: June 8, 1772 deceased

British physicist (1713-1772) | Fellow of the Royal Society, Copley Medal (1747) | Magdalen College | Corringham: September 10, 1713 - London: June 8, 1772

68. John Needham

  • London: September 10, 1713 celebration
  • City of Brussels: December 30, 1781 deceased

English biologist and Roman Catholic priest | Fellow of the Royal Society (0001) | London: September 10, 1713 - City of Brussels: December 30, 1781 | John

69. Georg Matthias Bose

  • Leipzig: September 10, 1710 celebration
  • Magdeburg: September 17, 1761 deceased

German physicist | Fellow of the Royal Society | Leipzig: September 10, 1710 - Magdeburg: September 17, 1761 | Georg Matthias Bose | Leipzig: September 10

70. John Heydon

  • London: September 10, 1629 celebration
  • January 1, 1667 deceased

British philosopher and astrologer | London: September 10, 1629 - January 1, 1667 | John Heydon | London: September 10, 1629 - January 1, 1667

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