ALBERT ABRAHAM MICHELSON

Untitled Slide

• Born to a Jewish family on December 19,1852.
• He was born in Strzelno, Provinz.

Untitled Slide

• He was brought to America when he was two.
• He completed high school in San Francisco.

SCHOOL

• At the Naval Academy, Michelson did extremely well in optics.
• He graduated in 1873.
• Two years later, he was appointed an instructor in physics and chemistry.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• He was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.
• Copley Medal
• Elliott Cresson Medal
• Franklin Medal
• Matteucci Medal

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
• Henry Draper Medal.
• Rumford Prize.

Untitled Slide

• He became famous for his establishment in speed of light.
• 299 792 458 m / s

FAMILY

• In 1899, he married Edna Stanton and they had one son and three daughters.

DEATH

• Michelson died on May 9, 1931.
• He was working on a more refined measurement of the velocity of light in Pasadena, California.