Arthur Holly Compton was born on 10 September 1892.

Arthur Holly Compton has written:

'X-rays and electrons'

Arthur Holly Compton won The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927.

Arthur Holly Compton won The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 was divided equally between Arthur Holly Compton for his discovery of the effect named after him and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour.