Albert A. Michelson
American physicist
Albert Abraham Michelson FFRS FRSE was a Prussian-born 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,... Wikipedia
Born: December 19, 1852, Strzelno, Poland
Died: May 9, 1931 (age 78 years), Pasadena, CA
Education: United States Naval Academy (1869–1873), Lowell High School (1868), Case Western Reserve University, and more
Children: Dorothy Michelson
Parents: Samuel Michelson and Rozalia Michelson
Awards: Matteucci Medal (1903), Nobel Prize in Physics (1907), Copley Medal (1907), and more
Grandchild: Dorothy Dick