Gregory Breit

Gregory Breit
Григорій Альфредович Брейт-Шнайдер
Photograph of Gregory Breit
Born
Gregory Alfredovich Breit-Schneider

(1899-07-14)July 14, 1899
DiedSeptember 13, 1981(1981-09-13) (aged 82)
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
Known for
AwardsFranklin Medal (1964)
National Medal of Science (1967)
Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics (1969)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
Doctoral advisorJoseph S. Ames
Doctoral students

Gregory Breit (Ukrainian: Григорій Альфредович Брейт-Шнайдер, Russian: Григорий Альфредович Брейт-Шнайдер, romanizedGrigory Alfredovich Breit-Shneider; July 14, 1899 – September 13, 1981) was an American physicist born in Mykolaiv, Russian Empire (now Mykolaiv, Ukraine).[1] He was a professor at New York University (1929–1934), University of Wisconsin–Madison (1934–1947), Yale University (1947–1968), and University at Buffalo (1968–1973).[2] In 1921, he was Paul Ehrenfest's assistant in Leiden University.

  1. ^ Hull, McAllister H. Jr. (October 1983). "Obituary: Gregory Breit". Physics Today. 36 (10): 102–104. Bibcode:1983PhT....36j.102H. doi:10.1063/1.2915289. Archived from the original on 2013-09-29.
  2. ^ Gregory Breit, nndb biography