Albert A. Michelson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 92 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 19,1852 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Strzelno |
| Poland | |
| Date of died | May 9,1931 |
| Died | Pasadena |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Children | Dorothy Michelson |
| Elsa Michelson | |
| Beatrice Michelson | |
| Truman Michelson | |
| Madeleine Michelson | |
| Known for | Michelson–Morley experiment |
| Speed of light | |
| Spouse | Edna Stanton |
| Margaret Heminway | |
| Job | Physicist |
| Army officer | |
| Education | Lowell High School |
| Humboldt University of Berlin | |
| United States Naval Academy | |
| Books | Light Waves and Their Uses |
| Experimental determination of the velocity of light | |
| Studies in Optics | |
| Rozalia Michelson | |
| The Velocity of Light | |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Parents | Samuel Michelson |
| Rozalia Michelson | |
| Grandchildren | Dorothy Dick |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 459451 |
Albert A. Michelson Life story
Albert Abraham Michelson FFRS FRSE was a Prussian-born Polish-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.
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