# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-taylor-compton
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:29:33.280Z

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name: "Karl Taylor Compton"
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description: "Karl Taylor Compton was an American physicist and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1930 to 1948. A researcher in electron physics and early experimenter on the photoelectric effect, Compton spent two decades at Princeton University before accepting the MIT presidency, where he transformed what had been primarily an engineering school into a research university with strong programs in basic science."
tagline: "American physicist and university president (1887–1954)"
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birthDate: "1887-09-14"
deathDate: "1954-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump