Person
Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich (1916 - 2002)
- Born
- 11 July 1916
Atherton, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 8 January 2002
Russia - Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Aleksandr Prokhorov shared the Nobel Prize for physics in 1964 for his work on quantum electronics which led to the construction of masers and lasers. He was winner of many other awards including the Lomonosov Gold Medal, Five Orders of Lenin, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, Medal for Valor. A memorial plaque was unveiled in 1987 at his birthplace, Atherton, Queensland.
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Chronology
- 1939
- Education - Graduated with honours in physics from the Leningrad University, UUSR
- 1941 - 1944
- Career position - Military service
- 1944 - 1946
- Career position - Scientist at the Laboratory of Oscillations, USSR Academy of Sciences
- 1946
- Education - Science degree, Lebedev Institute of Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- 1946 - 1954
- Career position - Senior Research Associate at the Laboratory of Oscillations
- 1948
- Award - Mandelstam Prize
- 1950s
- Education - Doctorate, Lebedev Institute of Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences
- 1954 - 1973
- Career position - Head of the Laboratory of Oscillations
- 1959
- Award - Lenin Prize
- 1964
- Award - Nobel Prize for Physics
- 1966 -
- Award - Full Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
- 1969 -
- Career position - Editor-in-chief of the Great Soviet Encyclopaedia
- 1969
- Award - Gold Star of Hero of Socialist Labor
- 1973 - 1981
- Career position - Chief of the Department of General Physics and Astronomy
- 1981 -
- Career position - Director of the Institute of General Physics
- 1986
- Award - Gold Star of Hero of Socialist Labor
Published resources
Book Sections
- Beale, R, 'Aleksander Mikhailovich Prokhorov' in Australia's Nobel Laureates - Adventures in Innovation (Sydney: ABIE Australian Business and Investment Explorer, 2004), pp. 64-73. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q83552. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/54297349. Details
- 'Prokhorov, A M (19160711-20020108)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1290960. Details
Resource Sections
- 'The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 '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'', in Nobel e-Museum, 1996, http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1964/index.html. Details
- 'Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov - Biography', in Nobel e-Museum, 1996, http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1964/prokhorov-bio.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018