Arthur Dempster
- Born: August 14, 1886 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- Died: March 11, 1950 (Stuart, Florida)
Education
- 1909: BA, University of Toronto
- 1910: MA, University of Toronto
- 1911–1912: University of Göttingen
- 1912–1912: University of Munich
- 1912–1914: University of Würzburg
- 1914–1916: University of Chicago
- 1916: PhD, University of Chicago (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1910–1911: University of Toronto, Assistant in Physics
- 1916–1921: University of Chicago, Assistant and Instructor in Physics
- 1921–1924: University of Chicago, Assistant Professor of Physics
- 1921–1924: University of Chicago, Assistant Professor
- 1924–1927: University of Chicago, Associate Professor of Physics
- 1927–1950: University of Chicago, Professor of Physics
- 1946–1950: Argonne National Laboratory, Director, Division of Mass Spectroscopy and Crystallography
Other Positions
- 1917–1919: United States Army, Soldier
- 1943–1945: Manhattan Project, Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Researcher
- 1944–1944: American Physical Society, President
- 1945–1946: Manhattan Project, Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, Director, Division of Physics and Metallurgy
Selected Awards and Honors
Archival Resources
University of Toronto, Center for History and Philosophy of Physics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Published Resources
Samuel King Allison, "Arthur Jeffrey Dempster: 1886-1950", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
