NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Compton

Compton is both a place and family/given name of English origin, and may refer to: Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...

Places

Compton serves as a name for many communities in England, the United States and Canada. It should not be confused with West Compton. West Compton is a census-designated place located in Los Angeles County, California. ...

Canada

Compton County is an historical county in southeastern Quebec, Canada on the western flanks of the Appalachian Mountains on the US-Canadian border. ...

England

Compton is a suburb of Wolverhampton in, West Midlands England. ... Enford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Compton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, located high on the Berkshire Downs. ... The village of Compton, Surrey, United Kingdom, is situated between Godalming and Guildford, and close to an important trunk road linking London with Portsmouth (now the A3). ... Compton Abbas is a village in north Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale next to Cranborne Chase, on the A350 road three miles south of Shaftesbury. ... Compton Bassett is a village in Wiltshire between Calne and Cherhill with a population of approximately 250. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Compton Bishop (grid reference ST395553) is a small village at the western end of the Mendip Hills in Somerset UK. It is located close to the historic town of Axbridge. ... Compton Dando (Grid reference ST647647) is a small village on the River Chew in the Chew Valley, Somerset. ... Compton Dundon is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels, five miles south of Glastonbury and four miles north of Somerton in the South Somerset district. ... Compton Martin(Grid reference ST545570) is a small village within the Chew Valley in Somerset and civil parish in the North Somerset unitary authority in England. ... Compton Pauncefoot is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated beside the A303 road, five miles south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. ... Compton Valence is a hamlet in west Dorset, England, six miles west of Dorchester. ... Nether Compton is a village in north west Dorset, England, situated three miles west of Sherborne and three miles east of Yeovil. ...

United States

Nickname: The Hub City, CPT Location in the state of California County Los Angeles County Mayor Eric Perrodin Area - City 26. ... West Compton is a census-designated place (CDP) located in southern Los Angeles County, California. ... Compton is a village located in Lee County, Illinois. ... Location of Little Compton, Rhode Island. ...

People

Ann Compton Ann Compton is an American news reporter. ... Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 â€“ March 15, 1962) won the Nobel Prize in Physics (1927) for discovery of the Compton effect named in his honor. ... Asbury Christian Compton (Oct 24, 1929 - April 9, 2006) was an American attorney and judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia from 1974 until 2000, and as a Senior justice until his death. ... David Guy Compton (b. ... Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 - 23 April 1997) was an English cricketer and footballer. ... Frank Elbert Compton, born 1874, died 1950, publisher of encyclopedias and other reference works, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. See also Chandler B. Beach, editor of the (New) Students Reference Work, published by F. E. Compton & Co. ... British actress Fay Compton came from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. ... Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 - March 27, 1918) was a U.S. historian, journalist and novelist. ... Henry Compton (1632 - July 7, 1713), English divine, was the sixth and youngest son of the second earl of Northampton. ... Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett D.B.E. (1884 â€“ August 27, 1969) was an English novelist. ... Leslie Harry Compton (September 12, 1912 - 27 December 1984) was an English footballer and cricketer. ... The Rt. ... Sir (Edward Montague) Compton Mackenzie, (1883â€“1972), was an Scottish novelist. ...

Others

Categories: Disambiguation | Lists of ambiguous human names Straight Outta Compton is an album by N.W.A. to see the film click here Straight Outta Compton (film). ... N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude) was a hip hop group that was formed in Compton, California in 1986, and disbanded in 1991. ... In physics, Compton scattering or the Compton effect, is the decrease in energy (increase in wavelength) of an X-ray or gamma ray photon, when it interacts with matter. ... In physics, the photon (from Greek Ï†Ï‰Ï‚, phÅs, meaning light) is the quantum of the electromagnetic field; for instance, light. ... Properties The electron (also called negatron, commonly represented as e−) is a subatomic particle. ... Illustration of CGRO The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory(CGRO) was the second of the NASA Great Observatories to be launched to space, following the Hubble Space Telescope. ... Comptons Encyclopedia and Fact-Index is the title of an encyclopedia published in Chicago, Illinois since the 1920s. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...