Delmar Loop in University City in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Arthur Holly Compton

Born September 10, 1892

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018

1. Arthur Holly Compton Marker

Inscription. Arthur Holly Compton, a science prodigy, built and flew a glider at age 18. In 1920 he became a professor and head of the Physics Department at Washington University. There he deduced that x-rays, known to be waves, also act like particles. He proved it with an experiment showing the scattering action now called the Compton Effect. For that fundamental discovery, Compton won the 1927 Nobel Prize. After directing the World War II research that led to the atomic bomb, he returned to Washington University in 1945 as chancellor. In 1991 NASA named its new orbiting gamma-ray observatory after Arthur Holly Compton.

Erected 1992 by St. Louis Walk of Fame.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Education • Science & Medicine • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Missouri, St. Louis Walk of Fame series list. A significant historical date for this entry is September 10, 1892.

Location. 38° 39.357′ N, 90° 18.233′ W. Marker is in University City, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is in Delmar Loop. It is on Delmar Boulevard east of Westgate Avenue, on the right when

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traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6329 Delmar Blvd, Saint Louis MO 63130, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Redd Foxx (a few steps from this marker); Gyo Obata (a few steps from this marker); Ernest Trova (a few steps from this marker); Shelley Winters (a few steps from this marker); Albert King (a few steps from this marker); Susan Blow (a few steps from this marker); Phyllis Diller (a few steps from this marker); Tina Turner (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in University City.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 340 times since then and 20 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.