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Albert A. Michelson
American astronomer and physicist (1852–1931)
Not to be confused with the athlete Albert Michelsen.
Albert Abraham Michelson (surname pronunciation anglicized as Michael-son; December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American astronomer and physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley experiment.
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In 1907, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming the first American to win the Nobel Prize in a science. He was the founder and the first head of the physics departments of Case School of Applied Science (now Case Western Reserve University) and the University of Chicago.[3][4][5]
Life
Michelson was born in Strelno, Posen, Kingdom of Prussia (modern-day Strzelno, Poland), to Jewish parents,[6] the son of Samuel Michelson[7] and his wife, Rozalia Przyłubska.[8] He moved to the US with his parents in 1855, at the age of two.
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