Editing Clinton Davisson (section)

== Death and legacy ==
Davisson died on February 1, 1958 in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], at the age of 76.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = O. W. (Owen Willans) Richardson: An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Center|url = http://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01057|website = norman.hrc.utexas.edu|access-date = 2016-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Bloomington native won Nobel Prize in physics|url = http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/bloomington-native-won-nobel-prize-in-physics/article_5ecb27dc-3dff-11e3-b0fc-0019bb2963f4.html|website = pantagraph.com|access-date = 2016-01-23|first = Bill Kemp {{!}} Historian/archivist, McLean County Museum of|last = History| date=27 October 2013 }}</ref>

An [[Davisson (crater)|impact crater]] on the far side of the Moon was named after Davisson in 1970 by the [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]].<ref>[http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1428 Davisson], Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)</ref>