Albert A. Michelson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Albert A. Michelson

American physicist

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1852

Place of Birth: Strzelno, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 09-May-1931

Profession: physicist, military officer, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Albert Abraham Michelson FFRS HFRSE (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American 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 department of the University of Chicago.