Alexander Prokhorov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Prokhorov

Soviet and Russian physicist

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1916

Place of Birth: Atherton, Queensland, Australia

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2002

Profession: physicist, editor, university teacher

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff, Russian: ??????´??? ????´?????? ???´?????; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was a Soviet physicist known for his pioneering research on lasers and masers for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and Nikolay Basov.