Prof Albert Abraham Michelson (surname pronunciation anglicized as "Michael-son") FFRS HFRSE LLD (December 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931) was an American 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.
Prof Albert Abraham Michelson was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in a science.