Albert A. Michelson
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907.
Born: 19, Dec, 1852, Strelno (now Strzelno), Prussia (now Poland)
Died: 9, May, 1931, Pasadena CA, USA
Prize motivation: "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid"
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
Prize share: 1/1