Aleksandr M. Prokhorov
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964.
Born: 11, Jul, 1916, Atherton, Australia
Died: 8, Jan, 2002, Moscow, Russia
Prize motivation: "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle"
Affiliation at the time of the award: P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, USSR (now Russia)
Prize share: 1/4