Karl Taylor Compton
Karl Taylor Compton, 1940.
Presiden Institut Teknologi Massachusetts
Term	1930 – 1948
Predecessor	Samuel Wesley Stratton
Successor	James Killian
Born	(1887-09-14)14 September 1887 Wooster, Ohio
Died	22 Juni 1954(1954-06-22) (umur 66) New York City, New York
Alma mater	Universitas Princeton

Karl Taylor Compton (14 September 1887 – 22 Juni 1954) adalah seorang fisikawan Amerika terkemuka dan presiden Institut Teknologi Massachusetts dari 1930 sampai 1948.

Karl Taylor Compton lahir di Wooster, Ohio, anak sulung dari tiga saudara laki-laki (termasuk Arthur Compton dan Wilson Martindale Compton) dan satu saudara perempuan, Mary.

• Karl Taylor Compton, A Study of the Whenelt Electrolytic Interrupter, Physical Review, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 161–179, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, Cornell University, 1910.

• Office Of The National Research Council, Biographical Memoirs, National Academies Press, (October 1, 1992), ISBN 0-309-04746-3

• Photograph of Kart Taylor Compton and other members of the NDRC Diarsipkan 2011-05-14 di Wayback Machine.
• Official MIT Presidential Biography
• Julius A. Stratton's biography of Compton^{[pranala nonaktif permanen]}
• Annotated bibliography for Karl Compton from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Diarsipkan 2006-08-28 di Wayback Machine.
• National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir