Albert A. Michelson
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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.
 Albert A. Michelson | |
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| Born | 19 December 1852 Strzelno, Kinrick o Proushie (modren Poland) |
| Dee'd | 9 Mey 1931 (aged 78) Pasadena, Californie |
| 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[1] Alfred Cornu |
| Doctoral students | Robert Millikan |
| Signatur |  |
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