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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Physics (209) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1930s (56) 1937 (7) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1880s (52) 1881 (8) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Midwestern states (70) Illinois (25) Bloomington (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1950s (45) 1958 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Middle Atlantic states (25) Virginia (5) Charlottesville (1) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) C (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name A-D (195) D (26) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 50 - 59 (231) 57 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Physical Scientists (333) Astronomers and Physicists (222) Physicists (206) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 38. Worked for Corporation 38. Worked for Corporation North America (23) United States (23) Middle Atlantic states (9) Bell Labs (7) New York (1) New York City (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Middle Atlantic states (178) New Jersey (70) Princeton (65) Princeton University (65) Alumni (19) Pennsylvania (56) Pittsburgh (25) Carnegie Mellon University (20) Long-term academic staff (11) Virginia (10) Charlottesville (9) University of Virginia (9) Short-term academic staff (4) Midwestern states (201) Illinois (131) Chicago (107) University of Chicago (97) Alumni (34) Indiana (17) West Lafayette (9) Purdue University (9) Short-term academic staff (4) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) Comstock Prize in Physics (10) E-F (439) E (135) Elliott Cresson Medal (30) F (394) Fellow of the American Physical Society (107) G-H (389) H (196) Hughes Medal (29) complete name: Clinton Joseph Davisson nobel prize: physics award year: 1937 together with: George Paget Thomson prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1937 was awarded jointly to Clinton Joseph Davisson and George Paget Thomson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture given name: Clinton family name: Davisson occupation: physicist occupation: university teacher field of work: physics work location: Princeton University, 1 Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ, 08544-0070, United States of America description: Clinton Joseph Davisson 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. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1937. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1937/summary/> date birth: 1881 date death: 1958 usual name: Clinton Davisson
