Albert Abraham Michelson
Albert Abraham Michelson was born on December 19, 1852. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Albert Abraham 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.