Anatole Abragam (15 December 1914 – 8 June 2011) was a French physicist who wrote ''The Principles of Nuclear Magnetism''
and made significant contributions to the field of
nuclear magnetic resonance
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a physical phenomenon in which nuclei in a strong constant magnetic field are perturbed by a weak oscillating magnetic field (in the near field) and respond by producing an electromagnetic signal with a ...
.
Originally from
Griva
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Band history
1982—1992
The band was formed in 1982 by former Ibn Tup members, Zlatko Karavla (drums) and Josip Sabo (guita ...
,
Courland Governorate,
Russian Empire
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, Abragam and his family emigrated to France in 1925.
Education
After being educated at the University of Paris
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, (1933–1936), he served in the Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
. After the war, he resumed his studies at the École Supérieure d'Électricité and subsequently obtained his Ph.D.
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...
from the University of Oxford
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in 1950 under the supervision of Maurice Pryce
Maurice Henry Lecorney Pryce (24 January 1913 – 24 July 2003) was a British physicist.
Pryce was born in Croydon to an Anglo-Welsh father and French mother, and in his teens attended the Royal Grammar School, Guildford. After a few months in ...
.
Career and research
In 1976, he was made an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, Magdalen College, Oxford, and Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship S ...
. From 1960 to 1985, he worked as a professor at the Collège de France
The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment ('' grand établissement'') in France. It is located in Paris n ...
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Awards and honors
Abragam won the Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize
The Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize is a major European prize for Physics awarded jointly every year by the British Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Société Française de Physique (SFP). It is one of the four Grand Prix of the SFP and one of ...
in 1958.
Abragam was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, a ...
in 1974.
He was awarded the Lorentz Medal
Lorentz Medal is a distinction awarded every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. It was established in 1925 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the doctorate of Hendrik Lorentz. The medal is given for impor ...
in 1982.
He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1983.
Publications
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*Abragam A & Bleaney B. ''Electron paramagnetic resonance of transition ions''. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1970.[http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/classics1992/A1992JA16600001.pdf ]
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References
External links
Anatole Abragam. 15 December 1914 — 8 June 2011
Biographial Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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1914 births
2011 deaths
Scientists from Daugavpils
People from Courland Governorate
20th-century Latvian Jews
Latvian emigrants to France
French physicists
Jewish scientists
Foreign Members of the Royal Society
Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
Academic staff of the Collège de France
University of Paris alumni
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
French Army personnel of World War II
Recipients of the Lomonosov Gold Medal
Lorentz Medal winners
Jewish physicists
Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Recipients of the Matteucci Medal