Albert A. Michelson | |
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Born | 19 December 1852 Strzelno, Kinrick o Proushie (modren Poland) |
Dee'd | 9 Mey 1931 Pasadena, Californie | (aged 78)
Naitionality | Unitit States |
Alma mater | Unitit States Naval Academy Varsity o Berlin |
Kent for | Speed o licht Michelson–Morley experiment |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Margaret Hemingway (1877–1898; divorced; 3 bairns) Edna Stanton (1899–1931; his daith; 3 bairns) |
Awairds | Matteucci Medal (1903) Nobel Prize in Pheesics (1907) Copley Medal (1907) Elliott Cresson Medal (1912) Henry Draper Medal (1916) Albert Medal (1920) Franklin Medal (1923) Duddell Medal an Prize (1929) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Case Western Reserve Varsity Clark Varsity Varsity o Chicago |
Doctoral advisor | Hermann Helmholtz Alfred Cornu |
Doctoral students | Robert Millikan |
Signatur |
Albert Abraham Michelson (surname pronunciation anglicised as "Michael-son", December 19, 1852 – Mey 9, 1931) wis an American pheesicist kent for his wirk on the meisurment o the speed o licht an especially for the Michelson–Morley experiment. In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize in Pheesics. He acame the first American tae receive the Nobel Prize in sciences.