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Karl Taylor Compton

1887 - 1954

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Taylor Compton has received more than 113,209 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Taylor Compton is the 706th most popular physicist (down from 660th in 2019), the 9,057th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,256th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Physicist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Karl Taylor Compton ranks 706 out of 717. Before him are Jürgen Kurths, Christian Møller, Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, Seymour Benzer, Raja Ramanna, and Hubert Curien. After him are Rolf-Dieter Heuer, Juan Martín Maldacena, Jacques Friedel, Lene Hau, Charlotte Froese Fischer, and Derek J. de Solla Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Karl Taylor Compton ranks 239. Before him are Sigurd Jørgensen, George Abbott, Arne Halse, Väinö Siikaniemi, Kate Gillou, and Joseph Lamb. After him are Victor d'Arcy, William Frawley, Lynn Fontanne, Nils Granfelt, Gustaf Rosenquist, and Monte Blue. Among people deceased in 1954, Karl Taylor Compton ranks 127. Before him are Eugene Pallette, Gladys George, Imre Zachár, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, and Winifred McNair. After him are Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, Gavino Matta, Alain LeRoy Locke, Erik Norberg, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, and Ernest Esclangon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karl Taylor Compton ranks 9,057 out of 18,182. Before him are Jay Park (1987), Toni Frissell (1907), Gregg Rolie (1947), John Carroll (1735), Nelson Riddle (1921), and Ethan Suplee (1976). After him are Redd Foxx (1922), Bryan D. O'Connor (1946), Eric Adams (1960), Joe Mantell (1915), Lee Trevino (1939), and Marin Alsop (1956).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Karl Taylor Compton ranks 152. Before him are Charles H. Bennett (1943), John Clauser (1942), Charles W. Misner (1932), Stanton T. Friedman (1934), Harvey Fletcher (1884), and Seymour Benzer (1921). After him are Robert Bacher (1905), Edward C. Stone (1936), C. R. Hagen (1937), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Erwin Hahn (1921), and Sidney Coleman (1937).

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