Alexander Prokhorov Age, Birthday, Zodiac Sign and Birth Chart

Alexander Prokhorov was a Russian physicist awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 for his pioneering work in the development of lasers and masers. He shared this honor with Russian scientist Nikolai Basov and American scientist Charles Townes. Born on July 11, 1916, in Queensland, USA, he returned to the Soviet Union in 1923. Prokhorov served in the Russian military and later became a professor at Moscow University. He was a member of several prestigious academies, including the Soviet Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He passed away in Moscow on January 8, 2002.

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Meaning of the name - Alexander

Defender of the people

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July 11, 1916 Facts

Generation Group

Alexander Prokhorov belongs to the GI Generation group.

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Place of Birth: Atherton

Place of Death: Moscow

Educated At: Faculty of Physics, State University of Saint Petersbourg | Lebedev Physical Institute | Saint Petersburg State University

Occupation: editor | university teacher | physicist

Spouses: Galina Shelepina

Employers: Prokhorov General Physics Institute | SINP MSU | Laser Physics | Lebedev Physical Institute | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology | Moscow State University

Awards Received: Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class | Order of the Patriotic War 1st class | Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Prize | Russian government prize for science and technology | Order of Cyril and Methodius | State Prize of the Russian Federation | Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" | "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal | Medal "For Courage" | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" | Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Helmholtz Medal | Frederic Ives Medal | Lomonosov Gold Medal | Demidov Prize | Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | USSR State Prize | Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" | Medal "Veteran of Labour" | Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | Hero of Socialist Labour | Order of Lenin | Lenin Prize | Nobel Prize in Physics

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Astrology Analysis

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