Albert Abraham Michelson
1852 – 1931 · aged 79
American physicist (1852–1931)
- Born
- 19 Dec 1852 · Strzelno
- Died
- 9 May 1931 · Pasadena
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- 19 Dec 1852BornBorn in Strzelno
- 1888AwardRumford Prize
- 1902AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1903AwardMatteucci Medal
- 1907AwardCopley Medal
- 1907AwardNobel Prize in Physics
- 1912AwardElliott Cresson Medal
- 1916AwardHenry Draper Medal
- 1920AwardAlbert Medal
- 1921AwardGuthrie Lecture
- 1922AwardDoctor honoris causa from the University of Paris
- 1922AwardPrix Jules Janssen
- 1923AwardGold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 9 May 1931DiedDied in Pasadena
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Major world events during their lifetime (1852 – 1931).
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
Biography
Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American experimental physicist 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 the Case School of Applied Science and the University of Chicago.
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