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Compton may refer to:- Compton, a place in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
- Compton, a place in California, United States.
- Compton , a place in Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
- Compton, a place in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
- Compton, a place in Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom.
See also:
- Compton scattering, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons.
- Arthur ComptonArthur Holly Compton ( September 10, 1892 March 15, 1962) won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1927) for discovery of the effect named after him. Early years Arthur Holly Compton was born in Wooster, Ohio in 1892 to Edwin and Otelia Compton. They were an acade, physicist.
- Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, an orbital observatory.
- Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of WilmingtonSpencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (c. 1674 14 July 1743) was a British Whig statesman, who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death. He had several styles: Sir Spencer Compton (1722 1728), The Lord Wilmington (1728 1730), and The.
- Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist.
- Frances Snow Compton, a pseudonym used by Henry Adams.
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