Albert A. Michelson

Biography

Michelson was born on 19 December 1852 in Strelno, Prussia. He became a leading American experimental physicist, served at the University of Chicago, and received the 1907 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died on 9 May 1931 in Pasadena, California. American physicist and 1907 Nobel laureate in Physics, known for precision optical measurement and interferometry. In Jewish World Records, Albert A. Michelson is connected to the record “First Jewish Person to Win the Nobel Prize in Physics,” based on the stored achievement of First Jewish person to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics. Michelson became the first Jewish person to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics when he was awarded the 1907 prize for his optical precision instruments and related investigations.

Public links

• NobelPrize.org
• American Institute of Physics