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 …

Dec 15, 2025 · A.A. Michelson was a German-born American physicist who established the speed of light as a fundamental constant and pursued other spectroscopic and metrological investigations.

Michelson resigned in 1929 to work at the Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena. During his career, Michelson touched on many departments of physics but, perhaps due to a special instinct which he …

This work kicked off his groundbreaking career in optics, during which Michelson experimentally challenged the existence of ether, invented the interferometer bearing his name, and, in 1907, …

MICHELSON, ALBERT ABRAHAM (19 Dec. 1852-9 May 1931), the first American to win a Nobel prize in the sciences (physics, 1907), was born in Strelno, Prussia (Strzelno, Poland), the son of Rosalie …

The nineteenth century physicist, Albert Abraham Michelson, was the first American to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics. He became famous for his establishment of the speed of light as a …

Michelson maintained a teaching career as a professor of physics at various institutions, beginning that career at the Naval Academy in 1875. He was the second American citizen, and the first American …

Encouraged by success and by the advice of the prominent astronomer Simon Newcomb, Michelson resolved on a career in physics. He went to Europe for two years of study. At Helmholtz's laboratory …

Albert Abraham Michelson (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was a Polish experimental physicist known for his work on measuring the speed of light and especially for the Michelson–Morley …

In 1907, Albert A. Michelson received the Nobel Prize in Physics, becoming the first American to win the award in the sciences and the first of more than 90 University of Chicago-affiliated scholars to …