Clinton Davisson
American physicist
Clinton Joseph Davisson was an American physicist who won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of electron diffraction in the famous Davisson–Germer experiment. Davisson shared the Nobel Prize with George Paget Thomson, who... Wikipedia
Born: October 22, 1881, Bloomington, IL
Died: February 1, 1958 (age 76 years), Charlottesville, VA
Education: Princeton University, The University of Chicago, Department of Physics, and more
Spouse: Charlotte Davisson (m. 1911)
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Elliott Cresson Medal, Hughes Medal, and more
Children: Richard Davisson
Known for: Electron diffraction
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