Robert S. Shankland

Robert S. Shankland
Shankland c. 1969
Born
Robert Sherwood Shankland

(1908-01-11)January 11, 1908
DiedMarch 1, 1982(1982-03-01) (aged 74)
Alma materCase School for Applied Sciences
University of Chicago
Known forCompton scattering
History of modern physics
Spouses
Hilda Catherine Kinneson
(m. 1929; died 1970)
Eleanor Newlin
(m. 1970)
Children5
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
Doctoral advisorArthur Compton

Robert Sherwood Shankland (January 11, 1908 – March 1, 1982) was an American physicist and historian.