Davisson

American  

[day-vuh-suhn] / ˈdeɪ və sən /

noun

1. Clinton Joseph, 1881–1958, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1937.

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Davisson British  

/ ˈdeɪvɪsən /

noun

1. Clinton Joseph. 1881–1958, US physicist, noted for his discovery of electron diffraction; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1937

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“It’s also about the security of knowing you are in control,” Davisson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026

Davisson directs a weight-loss program in West Virginia, a state that consistently ranks as having one of the highest obesity rates in the country.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2023

"There was an immense sadness in his works, a grandeur nowhere else seen. All wrapped in powerful visuals that were equally mythological and futuristic," Mr Davisson said.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023

Local businessman Harold Keith Davisson put it together for a Fourth of July celebration in 1975, and it's set to be opened exactly 50 years later on July 4, 2025.

From Salon ● May 28, 2022

Contains translations of various pamphlets including Davisson, A true picture of Popery; Brown, Popery a Craft, London 1735; Gordon, Apology for the danger of the church, 1719; Gordon, The Creed of an Independent Whig, 1720.

From Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France by Max Pearson Cushing