Karl Taylor Compton
Født		14. sep. 1887[1][2][3][4] Wooster
Død		22. juni 1954[1][2][3][4] (66 år) New York
Beskjeftigelse		Fysiker, universitetslærer, science administrator
Utdannet ved		Princeton University College of Wooster
Doktorgrads- veileder		Owen Willans Richardson
Søsken		Arthur Holly Compton
Nasjonalitet		USA
Medlem av		National Academy of Sciences American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Philosophical Society[5] American Physical Society[5]
Utmerkelser		William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1950) Rumford-prisen (1931)[6] Hoover Medal (1950) Public Welfare Medal (1947)[7]
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Karl Taylor Compton (født 14. september 1887 i Wooster i Ohio, død 22. juni 1954) var en fremtredende amerikansk fysiker og president for Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) fra 1930 til 1948.

• 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 Arkivert 14. mai 2011 hos Wayback Machine.
• Official MIT Presidential Biography
• Julius A. Stratton's biography of Compton^{[død lenke]}
• Annotated bibliography for Karl Compton from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
• National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir