Albert A. Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson FFRS FRSE (surname pronunciation anglicized as "Michael-son", December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was a Prussian-born American physicist of Jewish descent, known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley experiment. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming the first American to win the Nobel Prize in a science. He was the founder and the first head of the physics departments of Case School of Applied Science (now Case Western Reserve University) and the University of Chicago.
Albert A. Michelson | |
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Michelson in 1907 (photograph of Nobel laureate) | |
| Born | December 19, 1852 Strelno, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation |
| Died | May 9, 1931 (aged 78) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | United States Naval Academy University of Berlin |
| Known for | Speed of light Hyperfine structure Fine structure Michelson–Morley experiment Michelson–Gale–Pearson experiment Michelson interferometer Michelson stellar interferometer |
| Spouses |
Margaret Hemingway
(m. 1877; div. 1898)Edna Stanton (m. 1899) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United States |
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| Service years | 1873–1881; 1918–1921 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Unit | United States Naval Academy |
| Awards | Matteucci Medal (1903) Nobel Prize in Physics (1907) Copley Medal (1907) Elliott Cresson Medal (1912) Henry Draper Medal (1916) Albert Medal (1920) Franklin Medal (1923) Duddell Medal and Prize (1929) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Case Western Reserve University Clark University University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann von Helmholtz |
| Other academic advisors | Georg Hermann Quincke Alfred Cornu |
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