Clinton Joseph Davisson (1881 - 1958)

Born 22 Oct 1881 in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 Feb 1958 at age 76 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Clinton Davisson is Notable.

Clinton Davisson was awarded the Nobel Prize.

Clinton Davisson won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his discovery of electron diffraction and the wave properties of electrons."^[1] He passed away in 1958.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Dr. C. J. Davisson Dies; Was Nobel Prize Winner," The Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), 03 Feb 1958, Page 5. Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87445710/dr-c-j-davisson-nobel-prize-winner/ : accessed 20 Oct 2021).
2. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR8-9P7D : 16 August 2019), Clinton Joseph Davisson, 01 Feb 1958; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4H-WPS : accessed 6 February 2019), Clinton J Davisson in household of Joseph Davisson, Blommington Township Bloomington city Ward 1, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 81, sheet 7A, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,321.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKB9-97N : accessed 6 February 2019), Clinton Davinson, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 41, sheet 9A, family 188, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 896; FHL microfilm 1,374,909.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJD-CWW : 13 March 2018), Clinton Joeseph Davisson, 1917-1918; citing East Orange City, New Jersey, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,712,095.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4RC-69K : accessed 6 February 2019), Clinton Davisson, South Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing ED 310, sheet 4B, line 89, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1039; FHL microfilm 1,821,039.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4NH-VL6 : accessed 6 February 2019), Clinton J Davisson, Millburn, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 508, sheet 14B, line 94, family 345, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1332; FHL microfilm 2,341,067.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4RM-B9S : 15 March 2018), Clinton Davidson, Millburn Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-227, sheet 1A, line 34, family 9, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2336.
• "Dr. C. J. Davisson Dies; Was Nobel Prize Winner," The Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia), 03 Feb 1958, Page 5. Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87445710/dr-c-j-davisson-nobel-prize-winner/ : accessed 20 Oct 2021).
• Biography at the Nobel Prize website, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1937/davisson/biographical/

See also:

• Wikipedia: Clinton Davisson
• Wikidata: Item Q133222, en:Wikipedia