1. Albert A. Michelson
By Tina Stumpenhagen

2. General
Albert Abraham Michelson was born in Strelno, Prussia, on December 19,1852 and passed away in May 9, 1931
American Physicist
Known for his measurement of Speed Light and especially for the Michelson-Morley experiment

3. Received a Nobel Prize in Physics, 1907
First American to receive the Nobel Prize in sciences

4. Grewing up
Michelson was born into a Jewish family in Strezlno in Poland
Family moved to the United States when he was two years old
Grew up in Murphy's Camp, California and Virginia City, Nevada
His father was a merchant

5. he lived in San Francisco for his high school years with his aunt Henriette Levy
His aunt was the mother of author Harriet Lane Levy
Graduated as Ensign in 1873 and did a two- years cruise to West Indies
appointed by President Grant to the U.S. Naval Academy

6. became an instructor in physics and chemistry at the Academy under Admiral Sampson
posted to the Nautical Almanac Office (Washington) to work with Simon Newcomb in 1879
1880 he obtained leave of absence to continue his studies in Europe
Visited the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg, and the College de France and École Polytechnique in Paris

7. resigned from the Navy+returned to America to take an appointment as Professor of Physics in the Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio 1883
1887 he and Edward Morley carried out the famous Michelson-Morley experiment(demonstrate the existence of the "aether", the stuff in space that was said to transmit light and other forms of energy, ether was considered to be a medium like water in which light is propagated through)

8. 1889 Michelson became a professor at Clark University at Worcester, Massachusetts
1892 he was appointed professor and the first head of the department of physics at the newly organized University of Chicago
1899, he married Edna Stanton and they raised one son and three daughters
he has been awarded the Nobel prize for physics for 1907

9. also won the Copley Medal in 1907
the Henry Draper Medal in 1916 and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1923
A crater at the moon is named after him
Died in Pasadena, California at the age of 78
He is remembered  by dedicating Michelson House in his honor

10. Speed of light
One of the most famous experiments is the measurement and understanding of the Speed of Light
Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity establishes that nothing can go faster than the Speed of Light

11. C = 186,282. 3960 miles per second, plus or minus 3
C = 186, miles per second, plus or minus 3.6 feet per second C = 299, kilometers per second, plus or minus 1.1 meters per second 
lbert Michelson was known as finest experimental physicist alive