Physicist
Clinton Davisson
Showed electrons diffract like waves, by accident after a laboratory explosion.
Clinton Joseph Davisson was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with George Paget Thomson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals."
- Born
- 1881-10-22, Bloomington, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 1958-02-01, Charlottesville, USAA Saturday, aged 76
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Libra
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1881-10-22, Bloomington, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 29°28′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 25°08′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 22°51′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 0°32′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 11°26′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 23°56′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Taurus | 9°42′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 16°52′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Taurus | 15°36′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 28°50′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1958-02-01, Charlottesville, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 12°20′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 7°04′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 22°42′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 6°02′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 28°31′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 1°21′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 22°42′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 9°30′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 4°46′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 1°32′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Clinton Davisson was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.