Albert A. Michelson

Albert Abraham Michelson (; December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American experimental 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 the founder and the first head of the physics departments of the Case School of Applied Science and the University of Chicago.

Awards: Copley Medal, Prix Jules Janssen, Nobel Prize in Physics, Elliott Cresson Medal, Henry Draper Medal, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Matteucci Medal, Rumford Prize, Albert Medal, Franklin Medal Education: United States Naval Academy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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