Clinton Davisson

Clinton Joseph Davisson
Born(1881-10-22)October 22, 1881
DiedFebruary 1, 1958(1958-02-01) (aged 76)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (B.S., 1908)
Princeton University (Ph.D, 1911)
Known forElectron diffraction
SpouseCharlotte Davisson
AwardsComstock Prize in Physics (1928)[1]
Elliott Cresson Medal (1931)
Hughes Medal (1935)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1937)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsPrinceton University
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Bell Labs
Doctoral advisorOwen Richardson

Clinton Joseph Davisson (October 22, 1881 – February 1, 1958) 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 independently discovered electron diffraction at about the same time as Davisson.

  1. ^ "Comstock Prize in Physics". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

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