Anatole Abragam
Anatole Abragam (born December 5, 1914 in Grīva , Vitebsk Governorate , † June 8, 2011 in Paris ) was a French physicist of Latvian origin who made major contributions in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy .
Life
Abragam emigrated to France with his family in 1925 . After studying at the University of Paris from 1933 to 1936 , he served in World War II . After the war he continued his studies at the École supérieure d'électricité and received his doctorate in 1950 with Maurice Pryce at Oxford University . From 1960 to 1985 he was professor of nuclear magnetism at the Collège de France .
His book Principles of Nuclear Magnetism on nuclear magnetism , published in 1961, is now considered a standard work.
He had been with the Commissariat for Atomic Energy (CEA) since 1947 and headed its physics department from 1962 to 1970. From 1967 he was also President of the French Physical Society .
Awards and memberships
- 1958 Holweck Prize
- 1982 Lorentz Medal
- 1992 Matteucci Medal
- 1995 Lomonosov Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Prix Hughes and Prix Cognac-Jay of the Académie des Sciences
He received honorary degrees from the Universities of Kent , Oxford (1976) and the Technion , Haifa (1985). In 1976 he became an Honorary Fellow at both Merton College and Jesus College at Oxford University. He was in command of the Legion of Honor and the Palmes Academiques and received the Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite .
In 1980 he had the Lorentz professorship at the University of Leiden .
He was a member of the Académie des Sciences (1973), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1974), the National Academy of Sciences (1977), the Academia Europaea (1990), the Russian Academy of Sciences (1999), the Royal Society (1983) and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences .
Books
by A. Abragam
- Principles of Nuclear Magnetism , Clarendon Press , Oxford 1961, ISBN 0-198-520-14X
- Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of Transisition Ions , together with Brebis Bleaney , Oxford University Press , Oxford 1977, ISBN 0-198-512-503
- Nuclear Magnetism. Order and Disorder , with M. Goldman, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1982, ISBN 0-198-512-945
- Reflections of a Physicist , Oxford University Press, Oxford 1986, ISBN 0-198-519-648
- De la physique avant toute chose? , Odile Jacob, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-738-109-144
by and about A. Abragam
- Time Reversal: An Autobiography , Clarendon Press, Oxford 1989, ISBN 0-198-539-266
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- Obituary on the website of the Collège de France
Individual evidence
- ↑ Denis Jérome: Anatole Abragam - Notice nécrologique (June 2011, French) ( Memento of February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Short CV (PDF; 22 kB) ( Memento from February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ H. Beukers: Album Scholasticum academiae lugduno-batavae MCMLXXV-MCMLXXXIX. (1975-1989), Leids University Fund, Leiden, 1991
- ^ Former Members: Anatole Abragam. Academia Europaea, accessed on July 29, 2018 .
- ^ Anatole Abragam , website of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abragam, Anatole |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French physicist of Russian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grīva , Courland Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 2011 |
| Place of death | Paris |