Gregory Breit

Gregory Breit (Ukrainian: Григорій Абрамовіч Шнайдер, Russian: Григорий Абрамович Шнайдер, romanized: Grigory Abramovich Shneider; July 14, 1899 – September 13, 1981) was an American physicist born in Mykolaiv, Russian Empire (now Mykolaiv, Ukraine). 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). In 1921, he was Paul Ehrenfest's assistant in Leiden University.