Clinton Davisson

Clinton Davisson
Clinton Davisson
	Davisson in 1937
Born	Clinton Joseph Davisson; October 22, 1881; Bloomington, Illinois, US
Died	February 1, 1958 (aged 76); Charlottesville, Virginia, US
Education	Bloomington High School
Alma mater	University of Chicago (BS); Princeton University (PhD);
Known for	Davisson–Germer experiment
Spouse	Charlotte Sara Richardson (m. 1911)
Children	4, including Richard
Awards	Comstock Prize in Physics (1928); Elliott Cresson Medal (1931); Hughes Medal (1935); Nobel Prize in Physics (1937);
	Scientific career
Fields	Wave optics
Institutions	Carnegie Institute of Technology (1911–1917); Western Electric Company (1917–1925); Bell Telephone Laboratories (1925–1946);
Doctoral advisor	Owen Richardson
Other academic advisors	Robert Millikan

Clinton Joseph Davisson (October 22, 1881 – February 1, 1958) was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Paget Thomson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals."