Albert Crewe
Albert Victor Crewe
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2026-08-04
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Albert Victor Crewe (February 18, 1927 – November 18, 2009) was a British-born American physicist and inventor of the modern scanning transmission electron microscope capable of taking still and motion pictures of atoms, a technology that provided new insights into atomic interaction and enabled significant advances in and had wide-reaching implications for the biomedical, semiconductor, and computing industries.
Career
- 1927Born
- 1977Won Albert A. Michelson Medal
- 1980Won Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize
- 2009Passed away
- Member of National Academy of Sciences
- Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Bradford
- •Citizenship: United Kingdom, United States
- •Known as: physicist, university teacher
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