Manhattan Project
A report by Arthur Compton and the National Academy of Sciences is issued which finds favorable the prospects of developing nuclear power production for military use
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Arthur Compton Biography and Timeline
Follow Arthur Compton through 5 dated historical records for United States of America.
Arthur Compton, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1941–1942Years on this page
1941
National Academy of Sciences
A report by Arthur Compton and the National Academy of Sciences is issued which finds favorable the prospects of developing nuclear power production for military use
Manhattan Project
Vannevar Bush holds a meeting to organize an accelerated research project, managed by Arthur Compton, Harold Urey develops research into gaseous diffusion as uranium enrichment & Ernest Lawrence investigates separation methods
1942
Manhattan Project
Arthur Compton organizes the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory in early 1942 to study plutonium and fission piles (primitive nuclear reactors)
Metallurgical Laboratory Reactor Program
Directs the Metallurgical Laboratory program seeking a controlled uranium-graphite neutron chain reaction.
Records, sources and methodology
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