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Alexander Prokhorov
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Alexander Prokhorov

1916 – 2002 · aged 86

Soviet and Russian physicist (1916-2002)

Born
11 Jul 1916 · Atherton
Died
8 Jan 2002 · Moscow
Part ofRussia1223 – todayAustralia1808 – todaySoviet Union1848 – 1991

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 99 years
  1. 11 Jul 1916BornBorn in Atherton
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1945AwardMedal "For Courage"
  4. 1959AwardLenin Prize
  5. 1964AwardNobel Prize in Physics
  6. 1967AwardOrder of Lenin
  7. 1969Award"Hammer and Sickle" gold medal
  8. 1969AwardHero of Socialist Labour
  9. 1969AwardOrder of Lenin
  10. 1975AwardOrder of Lenin
  11. 1979AwardOrder of Cyril and Methodius
  12. 1980AwardUSSR State Prize
  13. 1981AwardOrder of Lenin
  14. 1985AwardOrder of the Patriotic War, 1st class
  15. 8 Jan 2002DiedDied in Moscow

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1916 – 2002).

  1. 1917Balfour Declaration
  2. 1917February Revolution
  3. 1917October Revolution
  4. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  5. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  6. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  7. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  8. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  10. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  11. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1938Munich Agreement
  13. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  14. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  15. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  16. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  17. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  18. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  19. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  20. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  21. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  23. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  24. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  26. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  27. 1956Suez Crisis
  28. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  30. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  32. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  34. 1968Prague Spring
  35. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  36. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  37. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  38. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  40. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War

Biography

Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff; Russian: Александр Михайлович Прохоров; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was an Australian-born Soviet physicist and researcher whose work focused on quantum electronics. His most famous and well-known works were on optics and electromagnetic research. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and Nikolay Basov for his fundamental work that led to the development of the laser and the maser.

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