Clinton Davisson

Clinton Joseph Davisson
Born	(1881-10-22)October 22, 1881 Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Died	February 1, 1958(1958-02-01) (aged 76) Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Chicago (B.S., 1908) Princeton University (Ph.D, 1911)
Known for	Electron diffraction
Spouse	Charlotte Davisson
Awards	Comstock Prize in Physics (1928)[1] Elliott Cresson Medal (1931) Hughes Medal (1935) Nobel Prize in Physics (1937)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Princeton University Carnegie Institute of Technology Bell Labs
Doctoral advisor	Owen Richardson

Clinton Joseph Davisson (October 22, 1881 – February 1, 1958) 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.