Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931

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Birth 1852-12-19

Death 1931-05-09

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Nationality: Americans

Language: English

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Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American 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 also the founder and the first head of the physics department of the University of Chicago.

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associatedWith Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956.

associatedWith Bessey, Charles E. (Charles Edwin), 1845-1915.

associatedWith Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), b. 1887.

associatedWith Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.

associatedWith Born, Max, 1882-1970.

associatedWith Bowen, Ira Sprague 1898-1973

associatedWith Brasch, Frederick E. (Frederick Edward), 1875-1967,

associatedWith Cady, Walter G. (Walter Guyton), 1874-1974.

associatedWith Carhart, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1844-1920.

associatedWith Chladek, Edward A.

associatedWith Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962.

associatedWith Compton, Betty Charity McCloskey, 1916-

associatedWith Crew, Henry, 1859-1953.

associatedWith Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-

associatedWith Dibner, Bern,

associatedWith Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.

associatedWith Fletcher, Harvey, b. 1884.

associatedWith Gale, Henry Gordon, 1874-1942.

associatedWith Gingrich, Newell Shiffer, 1906-

associatedWith Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938.

associatedWith Hoag, J. Barton, 1898-1962.

associatedWith Hutchisson, Elmer, 1902-

associatedWith Jesse, William Polk, 1891-1974.

associatedWith Knudsen, Vern Oliver, 1893-1974.

associatedWith Lenzen, Victor Fritz, 1890-

associatedWith Livingston, Dorothy Michelson.

associatedWith Loeb, Leonard B. (Leonard Benedict), 1891-

associatedWith McAllister, D. T.

associatedWith McFarlan, Ronald Lyman.

associatedWith Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953.

associatedWith Millikan, Roger Andrews, 1868-1953.

correspondedWith Morley, Edward Williams, 1838-1923.

associatedWith Nelson, Donald F.

associatedWith Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909.

associatedWith O’Donnell, Thomas J.

associatedWith Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.

associatedWith Rayleigh, John William Strutt, Baron, 1842-1919.

associatedWith Rowland, Henry Augustus, 1848-1901.

correspondedWith Sarton, George, 1884-1956

associatedWith Sawyer, Ralph A. (Ralph Alanson), 1895-1978.

associatedWith Severinghaus, Willard L. (Willard Lesly), 1882-1947.

associatedWith Shackelford, Benjamin Estill.

associatedWith Shankland, Robert S., 1908-

associatedWith Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930.

associatedWith Wadsworth, Frank Lawton Olcott, 1867-1936.

associatedWith Wolcott, Edson Rae, 1877-1966.

associatedWith Zeleny, Anthony, 1870-1947.

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associatedWith American Astronomical Society.

associatedWith American Physical Society. Meeting (1976 : Washington, D.C.)

associatedWith Carnegie Institution of Washington.

associatedWith Case Institute of Technology.

associatedWith Case Western Reserve University.

associatedWith Clark University (Worcester, Mass.)

associatedWith Lick Observatory.

associatedWith Michelson Museum (Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif.)

associatedWith Mount Wilson Observatory.

associatedWith Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, California

associatedWith National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

associatedWith National Archives (U.S.)

associatedWith National Bureau of Standards (U.S.)

associatedWith New York University. Hall of Fame.

associatedWith Niels Bohr Library.

associatedWith United States. National Bureau of Standards.

associatedWith United States Naval Academy.

associatedWith United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

associatedWith United States Naval Observatory.

memberOf United States. Navy

associatedWith University of Chicago

associatedWith Warner & Swasey Company.

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Light
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Special relativity (Physics)
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Light
Light
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Pasadena, CA, US

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