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Albert Abraham Michelson was born in 1852 in Prussia and lived to be age 78, dying on May 9, 1931, in Pasadena, CA. He was raised in the American West and was the first American Nobel Laureate in the sciences. Best known for his pioneering work in optics and the precise measurement of the speed of light, Michelson was a transformative figure in the field of spectroscopy. His development of the interferometer laid the experimental foundation for Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), an analytical method that modernized molecular and material characterization in science and industry. His commitment to the concept of measurement precision, his role as an educator, and his contributions to physics shaped the scientific landscape of the 20th century and continue to influence modern spectroscopic methodologies.
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