Albert A. Michelson
Physicist, Academic
1852 – 1931
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Who was Albert A. Michelson?
Albert Abraham Michelson was an American physicist known for his work on the measurement of the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley experiment. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics. He became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in sciences.
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- Born
- Dec 19, 1852
Strzelno - Also known as
- Albert A. Michelson
- Parents
- Spouses
- Edna Stanton
(1899 - 1931/05/09) - Margaret Heminway
(1877/04/10 - 1897)
- Edna Stanton
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Germans
- Poles
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- United States Naval Academy
(1869 - 1873) - Lowell High School
( - 1868)
- Employment
- University of Chicago
(1892 - ) - Case Western Reserve University
(1883 - ) - Clark University
(1889 - 1892) - United States Naval Observatory
(1879 - ) - Instructor, United States Naval Academy
(1875 - 1879)
- University of Chicago
- Lived in
- United States of America
- Murphys
- Virginia City
- Died
- May 9, 1931
Pasadena
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on July 23, 2013
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