# John Compton

> John Joseph Compton was an American philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Compton was a president of the Metaphysical Society of America (1979). He was the son of Arthur Compton.

*American philosopher*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-compton-q81724919

## Identity
- **Born:** 1929
- **Died:** 2014-01-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 19.0 / 100

## Sources
- [John Joseph Compton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Compton)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81724919)

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